Sharing Experience & Knowledge
Living with MS is a challenge but we believe that feeling part of a community makes it easier. The aim is not just to share our fears, pain, anxieties – although this is sometimes useful – but to share ideas, tips and knowledge. In this section, we will share:
- blog posts – anybody is more than welcome to share their experience.
- book reviews
- research results that may be of interest for anybody living with MS
It’s all about the run…
When I like something, I want everybody to try it. I can’t help it. For many years, I’ve campaigned for yoga and found ways to lure my friends into a yoga class. Be warned! Here comes the next crusade, and this time it’s all about the run. Yes, I’m still on a high after running my first 10K race yesterday but it’s not just adrenaline talking. Running is good for you, if you train properly. And I have the best trainer ever, Peter – so good I’m going to marry him next month but that’s beside the point. Anyway I started to run last September. I was doing lots of yoga but no cardio vascular training and I often felt some fluttering in my chest. I realised I need to strengthen my heart. After my first running attempt, which must have been max 1.2 K, I was short of breath and Peter was a bit worried. He got me to run very short distances for what seemed like eternity. So I ran around the block again and again, slightly afraid that my neighbours would get suspicious. I didn’t think I could ever run more than 3K. But we slowly increased the distance and in November I ran my first 5K. Hurrah! Over the winter, I couldn’t train because of colds and sore throats.Peter had registered me for a run in January but I had to postpone it and eventually cancel it as I didn’t feel I could run more than 5K. But from May onwards, I had an objective: to run the London Vitality 10K race on July 10th for a...
Chronically well…
Today I would like to share a blog written by Sarah: Chronically Well. Sarah introduces the OMS recovery programme in her blog entry of February 19th. She also has lots of articles about juicing, research news as well as recipes and a library! I love her tone. It is so refreshing and pleasant to read as well as informative: a pleasure to read. So please go and check it out. Here is the address of Sarah’s blog: http://chronicallywell.blogspot.co.uk/ Thank you Sarah. ...
In My Skin
On a different day
if I was safe in my own skin
then I wouldn’t feel so lost
and so frightened
But this is today
and I’m lost in my own skin
“Honestly ok” Dido
Low Energy = Feeling Down
For me, the key aspect of living well with MS is to learn how to preserve my energy.
Speaking of MS
How should we speak about MS? Should we say it is incurable? Should we say it is possible to cure it?
Get over it, really?
A blog entry by Penelope Conway from Positive Living with MS. Thanks for sharing Penelope.
MS Hug (George)
This is n entry I wrote a while ago on my blog tamingthewalrus.wordpress.com. I wanted to put it here as it is about the MS Hug as is the following blog entry.
Patient or Warrior? By Cindy Lee
Cindy Lee is a writer, mother, and lover of life who has discovered that a twenty year dance with MS, has given her Multiple Strengths. She writes about love, laughter, healing and hope. Check her blog: http://stillsexyafterms.com/