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- Levels and Lymphocytes
- The Impossible Mountain
- The Able Body and the Mountain Within
- A Maven Clad In Raven’s Clothes
- The Cyclone That Life Can Be
- A Personal Victory!
- The Language of Smiles
- A Dance with the Waves
- A Journey of Ten Years
- The Lessons I’ve Learned
- Boats of Many Colours
- The Light of Small Joys
- The Deity of the Waves – Thoughts on Chemo and the River Within
- This Is My Journey
- Pushing Through
- Happy Birthday Max Shadow!
- Bodily Able – A Reflection
- The Power of Forgetting
- Captain Maven and the Shadow Man: AVAILABLE NOW!
- The Many Ways of Mavenclad
- The Light Through the Trees
- Someone I Used to Know
- The Challenges I Overcome
- Relearning How to Live
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Tag Archives: joy
Levels and Lymphocytes
I feel like my life has been on hold lately. I’m waiting for a fourth round of Mavenclad. It should be my final round of the medication. I’m waiting for my lymphocytes to get to 0.8 and there is no … Continue reading
Posted in Chemo, Mavenclad
Tagged blood levels, health, joy, life, lymphocytes, Mavenclad, mental-health, on hold, positive thinking, release, simple things, Writing
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A Dance with the Waves
A neighbour gave me a gentle telling off today. For the past three weeks, I’ve been going through a multiple sclerosis flare up. I thought I was just tired at first and suffering from burn out. Then that tiredness became … Continue reading
Posted in Flare Up, Multiple Sclerosis, Symptoms
Tagged Balance, diagnosis, fatigue, Flare Up, heal, joy, Multiple Sclerosis, nausea, Painting, push through, relapse, relapse and remitting, remitting, rest, time off, Vertigo, working, Writing
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Boats of Many Colours
I forgot again. There has been this pressure building in my mind and I couldn’t figure out why. My emotions have been like a constantly moving sea, unknowable and almost insurmountable. I’ve been carrying around depression like a hairshirt, feeling … Continue reading
Posted in Cerebral Palsy, Depression, Multiple Sclerosis, Self Harm, Suicidal Thoughts
Tagged boats, colours, dark forest, depressions, despair, joy, love, Sadness, suicide
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The Light of Small Joys
The thing is most of the time I feel okay. I can pretend that there is nothing wrong, that I’m totally fine and I don’t have anything to worry about…but then my mind reminds me of the fact that I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Cerebral Palsy, Depression, Fear, joy, Multiple Sclerosis, Symptoms
Tagged Cerebral Palsy, Chemo, falls, famil, friends, hot flashes, husband, joy, Mavenclad, Multiple Sclerosis, Small Joys, Symptoms
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Today Is A New Day
On December 30th, 2012, I woke up to find that my world as I knew it had changed. I woke not knowing how to move my body. It was no longer mine and I was no longer able to control … Continue reading
Posted in Balance, Brain Fog, Depression, Falling, Fatique, Spasms, Speech, Symptoms, Walking
Tagged A New Day, Celebration, Change, Divorce, Gratefulness, joy, Thankfulness
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Two Steps at a Time 