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@chezy17 

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chezy17

Relapse or not?

Just wondering if a stiff and painful neck and shoulders is likely to be a relapse? I woke up a couple of weeks ago with a really stiff neck and it was really hard to sleep and move it which I put down to camping in the garden. I spoke to my neuro a week or so ago and he thought that my aches and p...
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@ColettePage 

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ColettePage

Widening doorways

Hi everyone, is there financial help towards work involved in widening doorways when that’s needed for wheelchair access? I’ve PPMS and starting to prepare for when I move my bedroom downstairs. Having a wetroom fitted & a new kitchen so thought while building work being done & house ‘up the...
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@hollylb10 

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hollylb10

Choices!

I know only you guys will understand this..... I really want to have a bath, but I also have to make the bed with a king size duvet.....and it gets worse all of my washing from the last 2 weeks is on the bed ready to get sorted 😩 I can’t do it all...so do I have a bath and sleep in an unmade bed ...
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@ItsMewithMS 

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ItsMewithMS

Zero Gravity Chairs/Worstation?

Likely due to a combination of conspirators my right hip ended up totally trashed (dislocated big toe, foot drop and excessive wear) and was replaced a few years ago. I'm having an increasingly hard time sitting long periods (like working) in a regular chair and find myself sitting in bed typically ...
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@BULLMAN 

BULLMAN

Something for the future

In the future, when our kids are the parents... 🤔 ‘Oh my god, these kids are doing my head in. Six weeks is so long.......’ Six weeks? SIX WEEKS?? Try six chuffing months! You parents today haven’t got a clue what we went through in 2020. Six months of entertaining you little shits, and we could...
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@watsoncraig 

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watsoncraig

Toilet aid

Two words I never thought went together until a second after I fell backwards getting off the loo ( I was clean as I sit to pee now) and broke the toilet seat and lid, grazed and bruised my back. Getting up, one of my legs just went and rather than grab a towel rail or sink and potentially pull them...
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@watsoncraig 

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watsoncraig

It’s been pointed out

To me that some people (those being paid to do some work for me) are taking advantage (my gardener) as my balance and voice get less good, w⚓️s the lot of them. May your picnic be visited by 1000 wasps with a hangover
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@cailindeas 

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cailindeas

MS and breast feeding

Hi, I'm Mammy to two wonderful little men, the youngest being 5.5 months. I was due to go back on Gilenya sooner but as I'm sure is the case for so many, restart was delayed because of Covid. I'm due to go back on in over 2 weeks but can't get my little one to take a bottle. I've tried different ...
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@Shannon_Devlaminck 

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Shannon_Devlaminck

Well it’s been a minute.

Hey all, Hope everyone is well. Been not doing to bad here the last little while. Excluding today. But the last I don’t know 5 weeks or so now been feeling pretty good. Been getting stuff done outside that hasn’t been able to get done in the last 3 years. So was a lot of work. Also had to move ...
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@BULLMAN 

BULLMAN

Humour 35

A friend said I was digging in our garden when I found a chest full of gold coins. I was about to run straight home to tell my wife about it, but then I remembered why I was digging in our garden.
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