Remember lockdown number one in 2020, when all physio stopped, swimming pools closed? Well, at that time I lost movement in my right arm. My right hand has had poor dexterity since a relapse in 2010 (one of my last classic ‘relapses’). but I noticed…

CASA-MS: Something for Those of Us With a Lot of MS I would never say that someone has only a little multiple sclerosis. It’s a horrible disease in all its manifestations. But I’m quite comfortable in saying that a few of us have a whole…

Mitch Sturgeon TEDx Talk I was recently asked to give a talk at a TEDx event at Cape Elizabeth High School. Of course, I couldn’t do it without Kim, who became the star of the show! get the latest blog posts emailed to you directly…

2022… what?! I know I’m not alone in feeling like the last two years don’t count. And I realise it’s already the end of February so hardly counts as the New Year any more. The last two years made it easy to fall into the…

3i Home – We are Interviewed About Accessible Housing My passion these days, and the primary reason I have been neglecting my blog of late, is accessible housing and 3i Housing of Maine. We have reached agreement on a site in Greater Portland and expect…

The post The Well-Being Guilt Trap appeared first on Life on a Seesaw. It dawned on me the other day. Without realising, I have been putting myself under a lot of pressure for what seems like forever. I have felt such guilt around diet and…

The mid thirties baby bombardment is here, whether it’s the steady influx of friends/friends of friends/former school peers reproducing, or the targeted ads for maternity clothes and follow-on milk on my screens. I get that it feels like a huge decision for most people, but…

Why me? No matter how lasting or fleeting, it’s a question that we instinctively ask ourselves—myself included. But why? Perhaps the reason many of us open the can of “why me?” is because there is so much we have yet to learn about a disease with no…

The post 10 Activities for Parenting with Tiredness and Fatigue appeared first on Life on a Seesaw. Parenting is tough. It’s incredible and rewarding but it is also exhausting in equal measures. A chronic illness like Multiple Sclerosis adds another dimension. With fatigue one of…

My mouth is dry. My heart is pounding. I’m beginning to sweat. No, I’m not about to perform on a stage or give a speech to a roomful of people… and yet… everyone is looking at me—not at him—waiting, expecting me to do something. Or are they? I’ve…