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.
Something’s on the way!
When you’re standing in the shower and you get a fab idea to write about, but can’t remember what it was 3 minutes later… Something’s in the works, and it’ll be posted here by the end of tomorrow! In the meantime, why not catch up with these… The five-second MS rant Magnetic voices MS Anxiety The MS blame game Paper dreams Oh my god, I am (so not) dying! Multiple Sclerosis Ireland & Novartis Blog awards! MS Treatments (July 2017) 15 Essential MS Websites (2017) 20 Best Personal Blogs about MS (2017) © Willeke Van Eeckhoutte and Ireland, Multiple Sclerosis & Me, 2011-2017. Unauthorised use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner are strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Willeke Van…
20 Best Personal Blogs about MS
Personal blogs are a great way to get to see what is hiding behind the mask of life with MS. While each person with MS is different, writers often connect with readers on a shared human level, away from hospitals, neurologists and other physicians. These are some of the best personal blogs in 2017, written by real people with real multiple sclerosis issues. Positive Living with MS Life with Multiple Sclerosis Ugly Like Me MS Ireland Blog Living Like You Tripping Through Treacle Overcoming MS Blog Enjoying the Ride An Empowered Spirit Lady with MS Wheelchair Kamikaze My New Normals Carnival of MS Bloggers You Don’t Know Jack about MS Broken Clay BHHWithMS MS Connection Love My MS Life Daves ActiveMSers Blog Everyone Here is Jim Dandy © Willeke Van…
PLEASE VOTE! MS Ireland company blog shortlisted!
MS & Me, the group blog of MS Ireland for which I also write, has been shortlisted for the Blog Awards 2015 edition in the company Best Health and Wellbeing category! We need YOUR vote though to become a finalist. *** The PUBLIC VOTE is now open for the 2015 Blog Awards Ireland! *** Voting will be open for TWO weeks from Monday, 7th September! The PUBLIC VOTE will be worth 30% of the overall mark. The other 70% will be decided by a panel of judges. Please cast your vote below by clicking here, or on the colourful Blog Awards image below! Thank you! Ava, Diana, Trevis, Joan, Declan, Aoife, Lucina, Helen, Niamh, Emma & Willeke Please share… _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ About Willeke Neurologically challenged by MS and personally by her will to…
#bloggies2015 – Longlisted! Again!
And then there was that other happy thing that happened today: the longlist publication of the Blog Awards Ireland 2015 competition. I have YOU to thank for entering my blog, and for continuing to welcome new posts and ideas. Needless to say, I equally welcome the time you spend reading and commenting on my blog. Because this is my 3rd time being longlisted (and because I am my own harshest critic), my next goal is finding my name on the shortlist. That’s when I feel most comfortable, a little bit of a challenge, you, my laptop, that urge and the ever-present need to champion patient rights and raise public awareness on what life with an invisible illness is like. Each day, in fact, I wish I could write more. I…
2015: Year of the Pen
We’re a few days into the New Year already, and I’m looking forward to sitting down in Starbucks Ireland once again. Parker pen, a large latte and carrot cake to take me through the thoughts in my mind while a new notebook waits for thoughts that sound like words; with emotions that sound like sentences or paragraphs. Life’s the story; my family, friends & MS gang, my inspiration. This year will mark my fourth year of blogging, although mentally blog ‘posts’ are now called ‘articles’ and blogging turned into ‘writing’. No, it’s not a matter of being arrogant, being a social climber, or being above ‘mere’ blogging. Writing simply became a lot more than blogging. Writing became a lifestyle.
Back to Ireland
So many things represent us, shows our character, our inner feelings, our life. I chose this picture because the world through my eyes is always moving. Forward most of all, sometimes backwards. My world however also consists of simple, pure stillness. But even when the world is spinning quietly, stillness is waiting to explode into forward motion or motion is waiting to return to sheer tranquility. Living in Ireland for over ten years now, my world has become one of airports, packing bags and looking forward to step onto that Aer Lingus plane once again. My love for movement is therefore always represented by airplanes, and nothing excites me more than taking off and landing. Flying to and from Ireland is a joy that cannot be replaced. WordPress Weekly Photo…
