Come on!

Staggering I know that I have not ‘produced’ any writing for a while, not without reason; different stories there. Anyway 7 months is long enough. A 7-month hike, err, obviously; not. Hike. Something I can say never did to my memory, without doubt not in the last many years. Why? If you don’t know why, it’s because I have never been a walker, let alone a hiker and now living with MS for over half my life has changed a lot of life . In this case, I’m bouncing (ha) off the word “ hike ” into the more common word and activity “ walk ”. Let me explain a bit. In a nutshell, if you didn’t know; I may have been living with Multiple Sclerosis – MS – for over half my life now. It wasn’t ‘formally’ diagnosed until I was a tender, ahem, 23 but it was spied (by a great friend and now qualified neuro-doctor) initially in 1997/8 – I was then not 23. Now, some moons later, and having gone through the denial process that comes post-diagnosis e t c (more stuff elsewhere on the...

Conductive Education Me, on ‘consultation’ day. First thoughts. What? Why? Well having MS for my sins, I do try to keep as best I can really using what services are available locally and after returning to the North East some moons ago, I was made aware of the amazing Benmar House ( Multiple Sclerosis Research and Relief Fund ) in Morpeth. They offer a range of amazing services. I practice Pilates there when I can and love it! During this exercise I have met some great people and was advised to start Conductive Education that I did not act upon. Until now! After attending the conductive education open day at the Percy Hedley centre in Newcastle in March, I was largely none-the-wiser of what it is in truth. It was busy and all whom I met were great people with pretty inspiring outlooks. So, I booked for my first personal consultation with Eszther – the conductor. What took place? I went as if ready for the gym which was probably a bit over the top, but was hardly...