spasticity
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I’m sorry ive been a bit absent, this year has been a bit tricky… It actually started in Nov 2023 when I had a mild disagreement with my neuro. I currently take multiple drugs a day for the spasticity in my legs and I had asked if I could try botox or be referred to…
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Just when I was beginning to think all my ridiculous shenanigans were coming to an end another mundane task presents an opportunity for my body to fuck me over. Washing is one of the few constants in life (unless you’re a naturist of course!) and that is certainly true in our house. Living on one…
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(TW: spider image further down) I’ve been sleeping exclusively on the sofa (settee/couch, whatever you call it) for around six months now. I hate it, my husband and I are traditional co-sleepers and neither of us want to sleep separately but until I can move to a bungalow this is how it’s just going to…
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Well, it’s more of a semi actually 🤣 let me explain. The spasticity in my legs make them incredibly hard to bend, despite the multiple drugs I take to relax them. This is exacerbated by fatigue which I suffer with on a moderate basis daily however I haven’t slept well for the last three or…
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Now that I have a car that I can actually drive I’ve been able to get back to my normal appointments. Thank god! So last week I went back to physio (and again yesterday actually) which I enjoy immensely and which is extremely important and good for me. The MS Centre gym has some very…
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I make no secret of the fact that I really like spending money and I’m actually really good at it too! One of the toxic traits of the UK banking system is that the minute you turn 18 you get letters coming through your door offering you credit cards and I’m too weak to say…
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One of the best resources we have in the UK are MS therapy centres and I have been lucky enough, both when I lived in Reading and now in Westbury, to only be 10 minutes away from my local centre. There are always lots of different therapies on offer ranging from Massage to Reiki to…
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I’m sure my UK readers just sang that 🤣 So I recently tried CBD gummies, I got a small trial bag from Orange County CBD, just 16mg, to try them out. You see, I take baclofen 4x a day and Dantrium morning and night for spasticity but I STILL wake up in the night poker…
The Sweary MSer 