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Quality of Life hits the road – Part 2!

I’m sure you’re all wondering where this story left off… Read on! To recap: Travelling has been getting a little difficult – the hotels rooms, the bathrooms, the hours, the eating out all the time. Our solution? A 1997 Winnebago… Continue Reading…

Life

A Beautiful Day!

Every winter my world shrinks. I don’t make it out of the house as much and the weather makes the outdoors inaccessible to me – no snow tires on my wheelchair! If Ian hasn’t shovelled the deck yet, sometimes I… Continue Reading…

MS

Biotin Oh Boy!

In this episode, Michelle buys a small packet of white powder and some tiny scales… In my December appointment with my neurologist there wasn’t much good news. The one thing he suggested I might want to look into, though, was… Continue Reading…

DisabilityMS

New Year, A New Hope

In December I created a photoblog of my trip to my neurologist. I haven’t followed that with a post explaining what happened in my appointment because it’s taken me some time to process it – and I think I’m ready… Continue Reading…

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Renal ultrasound – and where would you like me to pee?!?

Ever had a renal ultrasound? You drink a load of water an hour before you go, they scan your bladder and your kidneys, you pee, they do it again. Sounds straightforward? Well, it is, unless there’s nowhere for you to… Continue Reading…

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A photo blog of my journey to my neurologist

Recently my MS has not been doing too well, so I have had to make a winter journey to my neurologist, which means flying. It’s no faster, just safer. I thought I would take photos of every step along the… Continue Reading…

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Be Barrier Free on International Day of People with Disabilities

Today is International Day of People with Disabilities, a yearly event run by the the UN. Each year has a theme, and this year’s theme is inclusivity I’m currently involved with two organisations, Barrier Free Canada and Barrier Free BC. They… Continue Reading…

DisabilityMS

Goodbye Aubagio, Hello CSIL

This week was quite the week for my MS. I thought I would catch up on some of the changes and my thoughts behind it. For the last month, my MS has been getting worse. I don’t know whether it’s… Continue Reading…

AdvocacyMS

Use your words – and hopefully we will endMS!

I have a stomach ache. In August I started Aubagio and, a couple of weeks in, this stomach ache started. I went to my GP and of course I was asked to describe it. Let’s put aside, for the moment,… Continue Reading…

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Star Wars and wheelchair seating update

I just wanted to give an update and a shout out to Landmark’s Grand 10! The manager will reserve a seat for my husband, so I have bought tickets for December 18th to see Star Wars VII! Very excited! There’s… Continue Reading…

Michelle in wheelchair with lightsaber fighting Dart Vader

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