Moving, MS relapses, and that corona-thing!
17 Boxes with books, 8 with shoes, 4 with handbags. And then... BOOM! The novel coronavirus. And an unfortunate but quite predictable multiple sclerosis exacerbation.
Your lockdown is over; ours has only just begun
By now, the 7.8 billion global community has met a similar match in a coronavirus that, like multiple sclerosis, is equally without a cure. It equally attacks people without warning, and without logic. Doesn't care where or how you live. It is there. Just there.
COVID-19: Show healthcare professionals some respect!
This is not the theory of relativity, but a theory of morality. By protecting yourself you are saving others
Reactivated or reinfected COVID-19, what now?
A virus doesn’t just put on its Dr Martens boots and marches out of an individual’s immune system, a family, or a country 'once it is under control.' And then what?
Darwin, Corona & the immune system
We are in this together, alone in isolation, but together. Stay connected, stay safe. #InThisTogether #AloneTogether #WriteNow #StayConnectedStaySafe
2020: a non-buzzing start of another MS year
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The itch that upset Christmas
And so it was, after freewheeling through airports, flying, train-hopping, and suitcase-dragging on the way to my family, I began coughing in a deafening, barking manner that made people worried my lungs might jump out of my throat.