My MS
by Ian Heydon

I love having Laura a day behind us – it means I can beat her to a virtual  ’pinch and a punch for the first of the month’, while she’s still hanging around in last month. I got away with it last month as well and that prompted Laura to run around ‘pinching and punching’ all her [...]

I haven’t disguised my dislike of Facebook for some time. I hate the way it can seduce you into wasting so much time… that I could have been doing something useful or rewarding than seeing what Bob had for breakfast or how many points Carol scored at online poker. I hate the way it can [...]

We now have a ‘parent’ password to allow access to Laura’s school website (Waterford Kettering High) so we know what is on the canteen menu for Friday September 30! May not be exciting for you, but it gives Annie and me a small thrill to know that her $2.75 options are ‘Real Pizzeria Pizza’ or [...]

(Thanks Todd!) Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realise you’re wrong. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet? Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died. Bad decisions make good stories. You never know when it will strike, but [...]

GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:  (Thanks Karen!) 1) No matter how hard you try, you can’t baptize cats.  2) When your Mum is mad at your Dad, don’t let her brush your hair. 3) If your sister hits you, don’t hit her back. They always catch the second person.  4) Never ask your [...]

I’ve been chatting on an MS forum with some US folk about that predatory marsupial we have in parts of Australia called the Drop Bear. Of course, Aussies are familiar with this beastie – related to the koala but larger, stronger and meaner and lurks in trees, waiting to drop on unsuspecting hikers or campers. [...]

Congrats to Laura for getting into Waterford Kettering High’s production of Grease (performances Nov 17 to 19)!  And congrats to James on a fine performance (and editing) in the music video he and some New College inmates knocked up. I must say I never thought I’d see a child of mine on You Tube, naked, [...]

Michigander MSer, Tricia, has written about how participating in an MS balance study has made a big difference to the quality of her life. Tricia used a Nintendo Wii-Fit in the study to see if balance games would help with everyday MS. Since diagnosis seven years ago at age 28, Tricia now uses a cane [...]

Had a nice long Skype chat with Laura yesterday – she’s enjoying school, auditioning for the musical Grease today, Homecoming next month – it’s all busy! Last weekend Cindy, Judith and Laura went to New York – they stayed in Manhattan, ‘did’ the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Times Square etc – and judging [...]

September 22 is Annie’s and my wedding anniversary. Had 32 of them, in fact. Married on September 22, 1979 at 3:00pm. In those days football grand finals were on Saturdays and kick off time was, you guessed it, 3:00pm. Boy, did we have a few peeved lads sitting in the church! For the record, St [...]