In my last blog, I wrote about my intention to go to the local Motor Neurone Disease Association’s bi-monthly meeting in Turners Hill, and I expressed my fears about how I would react to meeting others with MND for the first time. My apprehension was increased by the fact that I had gone alone, as […]
When I was first diagnosed with MND, I began to read more about it, and came across references to it being ‘a journey’. I didn’t really understand it at the time but I’ve come to appreciate the meaning as I’ve learnt more. MND is quite a rare condition. It affects 1 person in 50,000. At […]
When Mitch asked me to write something about my personal experience of living with Motor Neurone Disease, I started by reflecting back 2 years, before I knew anything about MND, and certainly had no suspicion that it would affect me. I was a fit and active 64 year-old then. I’d recently retired and was playing […]