Today feels like a significant day for me. I am waking up to a new dawn of no DJ decks and the purchase of an electric wheelchair! I decided to put my decks on eBay last week as I just wasn’t using them. To be honest, I never really was. Read more…
So I was called on Wednesday by Liam from the trials team Salford Royal Hospital. He is an okay guy but I don’t particularly respond to his bedside manner. To be honest I much preferred his more attractive predecessor, Nicola! Nonetheless, it was the Liam who delivered the “not so Read more…
I’ve invested in some CBD paste and I quite like it! It’s not proving to be effective sleep remedy for me although it does reduce my anxiety and makes my muscles soft. Problem is, it’s so expensive so I think this purchase won’t be repeated in a hurry. I could Read more…
Over the past two years, i have been taking part in a clinical trial. It is to ascertain whether high dose biotin is effective in the treatment of progressive Multiple Sclerosis. The pharmaceutical manufacturer, medDay, are considering the slowing of the condition (therefore delaying prospective disability) and also possible myelin Read more…
It was last Friday that I was literally stringed up! As part of the restorative yoga class that I attended with Garth McLean, I spent most of my time upside down, believe it or not. We focused on inversions where your heart is higher than your head in order to Read more…
I’m back from my yoga class now and I feel brilliant! I now feel like I’m breathing into different parts of my lungs. Very strange but true and completely relaxing! We were mainly doing inversions – where your heart is higher than your head – so you get fresh blood Read more…
Today is my annual visit to Garth McLean’s yoga class. His worldwide travels finally land in Manchester. Based in the USA, Garth also offers local private instruction in the Los Angeles metro area. He’s a senior certified Iyengar Yoga teacher (training under the personal tutelage of the late BKS Iyengar) Read more…
Due to weakness in my left leg (very common to have a weaker side with MS), I have been training to build up the muscles in that side. Part of this training involves walking in water and so I went to the pool this morning. Also I the pool and Read more…
I’m just back from a yoga class at the Manchester and District Institute of Iyengar Yoga (MDIIY) led by the well known and well travelled senior yoga instructor, Garth McLean. Garth McLean is a senior level Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher “CIYT” (Intermediate Sr III) and dedicated practitioner of the subject. Read more…
I’m back from my Christmas break today. I’ve had three weeks out of the office and am still digesting the news from my haematology consultation – and what the future might look like now. Coincidentally I’m getting quite a lot of medical support at the moment. I’m now on the Read more…
‘I’m ready to die’ were the words I left with the haematologist at the Manchester Royal Infirmary today. They were words which my dad and fiancé would have found difficult to hear. Both were with me in the room. The haematologist Dr Saif was brilliant. He told us in length Read more…