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According to Google “Foot drop is when you have difficulty lifting the front part of your foot. This may cause you to drag your foot when you walk. Foot drop, also called drop foot, can be caused by a problem with the muscles, nerves, or anatomy of your foot or leg.” What it means is that…
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So for those of you who have visited my page before, you’re probably aware I spend a reasonable amount of time on the floor. So much so that I’ve actually seriously considered making small snack bags to place around the house in case I get stuck there for any amount of time. I decided against…
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Nobody tells you when you’re diagnosed with a condition such as MS just what you have to give up. You kind of work on the assumption that, yeah, you probably won’t be running any marathons (although people do!) or whatever but it’s the seemingly little things that really affect you. Or they do me anyway……
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Weston Beach Race was always one of the biggest race meets of the year, still is in fact. Hundreds of quads and solo’s racing on the beach, 85mph down the straight, dunes and jumps as high as a house. It was incredible. It was also the social event of the year, marking the end of…
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So me and the Hubster will be celebrating 10 years of marriage this September, sadly that also means I’ll be “celebrating” 10 years with this MonSter in November. Our wedding was epic. It wasn’t hugely fancy and I’m not one of those gushy girls that thinks everything is AMAZING, please don’t make me throw up…
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So as we grow up, we learn how to do things like walk and get dressed and feed ourselves… a plethora of tasks that are menial but necessary for life. Yet when a condition like MS comes along and takes your ability to do these things, who then teaches you to do them in a…
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We got our first dog in 2013 followed closely by our second the following year. Our first was a frenchie named Dotty, a feisty little bitch who was scared of nothing and no one. Our second, a male English bulldog called Bentley (but more affectionately known as Dickhead because he was and remains a complete…
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So when we moved house in 2022 we moved about 70 miles from where we did live, where we’d both grown up and where our families were. Where we moved to is a little market town called Westbury in Wiltshire, a nice sleepy little place whose idea of “traffic” is more than 3 cars on…
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Speaking to my younger, much more glamorous, sister the other day I was reminded of an “incident” I had a little over a year ago… Let me set the scene. We had moved to a new house in a new area in July 2022. Our new house was lovely and in a quiet cul-de-sac. Sounds…
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It’s one of “those subjects” isn’t it? But… we all do it, it’s natural blah blah fucking blah so let’s get into it… For some it’s a necessary inconvenience, for others a nice relief and for some it’s the only 5 minutes of peace they get! Whichever one you are, pooping is one of those…
The Sweary MSer 