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World MS Day 2020: Freedom in Lockdown

May 30, 2020 By: Rachel6 Comments

Adopting a Victory Posture

For some time now, I’ve been thinking about returning to my blog, and today, on World MS Day, I´m finally taking the plunge.  Several people, including my husband, have basically told me that this decision is long overdue! But overdue or not, I´m back and all the experiences of the last few years will certainly […]

Why Do We Fight Our Limitations?

May 6, 2015 By: Rachel12 Comments

There’s nothing like a medical diagnosis for imposing limitations upon us. Of course, we have to be careful to ensure that those limitations are from the illness itself and not from our own mindset. That’s often part of the battle. Others may also want to impose limitations upon us, depending on their perception as to […]

Walking the MS Walk

March 19, 2015 By: Rachel18 Comments

        The week before, I’d been walking for hours in the Lake-district.  Now, I was exhausted and all I’d done was to drag my legs up and down a hospital corridor.  Admittedly, hospital corridors are not the shortest, but I’m a walker, accustomed to daily, brisk walking. A hospital corridor should have […]

It’s not about Crying all the Time: It’s ok to Laugh Sometimes Too!

August 26, 2014 By: Rachel6 Comments

A team of medical staff stood around my bed discussing my case in worried tones. None of them were sure what to try next for me. It was the third severe allergic reaction in a week that I’d had to different forms of Prednisolone. It was now confirmed that I wasn’t just allergic to an […]

Hi! I’m Rachel,

and I'm a platitude survivor and a dramatherapist. My challenges are MS and infertility, but neither of those define me. I seek hope in the midst of life's challenges while daring to challenge the platitudes. Read More…

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