Blog van The World vs.MS

Splash. It hits the water, the seriousness of life. Without a life vest, it drowns beneath the surface as I ride all the way to the beach on a wave of smiles. While all that seriousness did its best to...

A background to my story Growing up, I was a bit of a stroppy teenager (I’m sure if my mum was reading this she would be saying “a bit” really sarcastically right about now!) thing is, I’m glad that I...

MS is life changing. Nothing new there. Whether it’s about your first diagnosis or new symptoms and episodes occurring, we’re forever facing new challenges. It’s a never-ending cycle. Before you even know it, you can find yourself trapped in the...

  How have your priorities changed since being diagnosed with MS? Considering I have been living with Multiple Sclerosis for over ten years since I was diagnosed, my objectives have changed hugely. When I was first diagnosed with MS, I...

  What feelings did you have when you were first diagnosed with MS? When the diagnosis arrives it takes us by surprise, not only because we don’t know what’s wrong, but because we learn that there is still no cure...

  What feelings did you have when you were first diagnosed with MS? MS has never been known for its great timing. In 2011, I was in the middle of changing career direction, my son was about to start high...

New digital technologies are taking hold in our lives apace. Everywhere you look, you see new ‘digital tools’ and other gadgets making the move from analogue to digital. Data, bills and all the other documents that were once on paper...

Soon after my diagnosis of MS, I realised that life was now all about give and take. I was giving up everything, MS was taking. Not only that, I was navigating a whole new world without a map – there...

So, you’ve been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and, along with all of the emotional turmoil that comes with being diagnosed with a life-long condition, you’re also worried about work. The majority of MS diagnoses happen when people are in their...