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Category MS

Thoughts on living with MS and reports on what I’m reading

Just how bad are my symptoms?

This is a question I’m wrestling with on a daily basis. My symptoms affect my mood and anxiety levels, and understanding how bad they are has practical implications. If they’re getting worse, then it could be a sign of a… Continue Reading →

I feel let down and angry…

…but don’t worry, not with you* As I mentioned in a previous post about my MS, it’s a really variable disease. It affects everyone differently and it’s very difficult to tell how it’s going to progress. It’s also variable on… Continue Reading →

Taking some sort of control

I’m sure I’m not alone in finding that being diagnosed with MS leads to feelings of a loss of control. It’s such a variable disease, affecting some people very mildly and attacking others swiftly and brutally. In the early stages… Continue Reading →

What sort of support do I want?

This is a long post in which I muse on something I read a while ago and how it’s helping me deal with my MS diagnosis, via a few stories about how not knowing about it stopped me helping my… Continue Reading →

COVID and me

Last February was knocked out by full on flu-like symptoms and a loss of taste. I was in bed for a week or so and slow to come back to work. The list of symptoms connected to COVID at the… Continue Reading →

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