My MS journey!

  So this week has been abit of a crap week, we all caught stupid coughs and colds which is all we had but was enough to make us come to a stop and feel rubbish. Still not 100% but we'll get over it, just remind me never to jinx myself by saying I never get ill cos I only went and did 🤦🏻‍♀️😂😂! At least my immune system is working how it needs to though right! It's the cold and flu season, we're all going to get something or other and I suppose with us not mixing with people like we usually do and then going back to work and school which for me I love, we're bound to catch things. Somehow, I think this is going to be a long winter 🤦🏻‍♀️ but it's not that's bothered me this morning. My son really struggled to sleep last night, he's a little thinker which in a way is a good thing, he's a smart lad so him learning to think outside a box is good 😊. What's bothered him is the time that he's missed with his family, his friends although he's ...

Well hello July, how are you? Hopefully you are the light at the end of the tunnel, or perhaps it will be your friend August? It really has been a crazy few months thanks to this virus but it isn't the only thing that has sent the world alittle crazy, I guess us as humans, we aren't meant to be shut off from the world. I know I'm certainly not! We've had riots and protests which has meant people have flocked together but weirdly, it hasn't impacted the levels of the virus, go figure? After being at home for 9 weeks, I'd had enough and decided I needed to get back to work, I didn't have to but I needed to for my sanity. It was the best decision for me, munchkins went back a few days aswell which has helped them. It was good to talk to other adults, I love my munchkins but it was nice to see and be around other adults. It was rather strange at first but after a while you forget you aren't supposed to be near them haha! One thing that I've developed i...

Well what happened to 2020? It started off pretty well, everything was balanced, I was balanced, life was balanced and then BAM!!! 2020 hit me in the face quite literally!! I had a bit of  a health scare, my daughter caught tonsillitis in the week I had the scan that I needed to reassure myself I was ok, my mum fell down the stairs and broke her back and of course we went into lockdown with one the biggest pandemics we've faced in a 100  years!!! Goodbye to my normal and balanced life, everything that kept me balanced; work, family and friends, exercise and was taken away sort of. This pandemic is scary and comes with a lot of uncertainty, it has closed the world down, something I thought I would never see in my lifetime. It has affected a lot of people and unfortunately ending a lot of peoples lives a lot earlier than expected, it has caused a lot hatred within people, with that being racism or people having that, 'as long as I'm alright Jack!' attitude, with everyon...

So here we find ourselves in December, summer has gone, school has started, spooky times have been had and some amazing fireworks have been lit and of course Santa has been!! I have finished my second year of Cladribine and I have felt more energised and balanced than I have felt in a long time. I guess that's when you know you've finally healed and accepted that life is just life and MS is a part of that, however one downside to the Cladribine is that I can't drink wine like I used to, actually that's probably a good thing right?! I now have a new found interest for proper ale, gotta love them porters! After having my Cladribine, I didn't feel as fatigued like I did before, in fact I stopped needing to nap and I love my naps. The last few months have been busy, I started uni and I'm really enjoying the course so I know as hard as it's going to be, I've made the right decision. My son has started secondary school which has been a huge jump as I've ha...

Here we go again... Well where has summer gone, have we even had a summer? The last few months have bought so many smiles and successes, both for me and my munchkins. After submitting my last assignment in May and after my son finished his Sats it was all about crawling to the summer holidays. My daughter went up another stage in swimming, had a fantastic report, she amazes me with her wit and humour and talks for England, now I wonder where she gets that from?! For me, the last school term was such an emotional one as it meant my son would no longer be at Primary school and would be heading to secondary school in September. I think I spent the last two weeks of the summer term in tears, my little boy was not so little more and I realised that this summer maybe was the last of him being my little boy, secondary school was going to be the start of him growing up! He passed his Sats with flying colours which I knew he would do anyways and got a fantastic school report. His leaver's...

So as quick as April arrived, May was even quicker! I am now an Aunty to two beautiful nieces, both arrived within a week or so of each other, I watched my son who is 11, pace up and down the hospital halls like a nervous, expecting daddy. Being so close to his aunty had him wanting to be there when his long awaited cousin arrived into the world. I watched the beginnings of him turning into a young man that day and I beamed with pride! It was a day full of emotions, like my mum coming out of the delivery suite after seeing her grand daughter being born and telling us she was here. Her face and reaction is something I'll never forget, her face was filled happiness, genuine happiness, something I hadn't seen in her in a long time. People always ask if you ever love another child like you do your own children? My answer is yes, my niece is gorgeous and I now I get to be Aunty Cheryl and give her sugar highs and hand her back lol!  I've decorated my little toilet all by...