It’s been somewhat of an eventful time as of late, culminating in an appointment and discussion with my neurologist about how we would move forward with a treatment plan for my Multiple Sclerosis. When he commended my level headedness through the process so far – from my initial bout with a sixth annular nerve palsy and speculative…
Tag: Multiple Sclerosis
Alexander the Great and Optic Neuritis
Right now, I am hauled up in my West London flat, having been excused from work on account of a nasty case of Optic Neuritis that has totally messed up the sight in my right eye. I’m popping enough pills to have made Hunter S. Thompson take note and trying to fight off the horrendous…
London Street Art Gallery Part 4
Here are the last of the photos taken at the weekend. You can now follow my adventures on Instagram here.
As If I Wasn’t Busy Enough, Now I Have Multiple Sclerosis
“Only fools and rakes fall ill, my boy. You know me: I am busy from morning till night and abstemious, so of course I am well.” Nicholas Bolkonski in Tolstoy’s War and Peace With the appointment confirmation letter neatly folded into the breast pocket of my winter coat, I arrive ten minutes early at the…
A SWIFT AND ALL TOO SUDDEN CHANGE IN MY IMMEDIATE PRIORITIES
On Monday 21st July, I entered Homerton Hospital’s Accident and Emergency unit in East London troubled with a case of double-vision that had been bothering me for a number of days – it was my stupid and foolhardy male pride that stopped me from seeking assistance as soon as I first noticed the onset of…