February 17, 2020
I used to teach an IB maths course that had a lot of statistics in it. I used to enjoy looking for examples of bad uses of statistics in the media. Now it seems I’m finding them in my MS… Continue Reading…
February 17, 2020
Last week I shared our #TakeThePledge O Canada singing on World MS Day. We had a proclamation by Mayor Colin Basram, read by Deputy Mayor Tracy Gray, and two councillors, Mohini Singh and Ryan Donn to help us out! Global… Continue Reading…
Disability • Mobility • MS • Transportation
February 17, 2020
If you are a Facebook friend you will probably remember my wheelchair story from October 2013. We were flying to Orlando for a family holiday to celebrate my mum’s 70th birthday, with my parents flying in from England. We got… Continue Reading…
February 17, 2020
There’s a lot of MS blogs. I can’t promise that this one is going to be any different or groundbreaking. I did a whole series of Facebook posts for MS Awareness Month, and it seemed a shame to lose them… Continue Reading…
February 17, 2020
MonthStill??? This is the longest month EVER! Today I am so so so damn tired. The trip to the neurologist takes it out of me. Lacey went to the kennel and has come back tired too. She has been under… Continue Reading…
February 17, 2020
I know that lots of people have had poor experiences at me time or another with their doctors over the course of their MS, and as I’ve written before, I too have had that experience. My current neurologist is wonderful.… Continue Reading…
February 17, 2020
A quick post today as I’m on the road. I’m off to UBC Vancouver to see my neurologist. Only a 5 hour trip down there, an overnight hotel stay and driving back the next day. Travelling is exhausting. My usual… Continue Reading…
February 17, 2020
May is MS Awareness Month and today is World MS Day!Today we Took The Pledge! We joined #TeamFight ! We were 3 councillors (one deputy mayor) 4 board members, one person with MS and one friend! If you go to… Continue Reading…
February 17, 2020
Happy World MS Day! In honour of this auspicious occasion there will be two posts – first, this one, a serious one, and then later a reporting on our World MS Day event! This Guardian article reports on an article… Continue Reading…
Disability • MS
February 17, 2020
I had an idea for today’s post, continuing the equipment theme, and then another friend with ms gave me another idea that tied the two together. Bathrooms are hard to photograph, but in this you can see three of the… Continue Reading…
