From the other side

Thanks to everyone who has shown the support and subscribed to our journey, I know it gives Mel strength and I hope it will give strength to those who need it.

My exposure to MS has been limited until I met a wonderfully strong woman by the name of Melinda, you may know her. Only a few days into our blossoming relationship Mel sat me down to tell me that she had MS now for many years, which was strange as to look at her you wouldn't know, i very quickly discovered that this is the case with MS sufferers the world over.

This news didn't deter me by the way, i considered the impact it may have on my daughter first and foremost and then I thought of all the wonderful moments that I would miss out on if I didn't have Mel in my life. Mel reminds me every day that I chose the right path.

For quite some time MS didn't rear its ugly head, so for me it was still very hard to understand the physical and emotional pain that Mel would go through from time to time, always in silence, never letting MS get the best of her.

It wasn't until I sat with Mel in St George Private during a Methylpred infusion did it really hit home. This beautiful, strong woman was so fragile and this MS thing is actually, well, a bit shit.

I don't like seeing Mel without her strength, so we have to do something, and we need to do it now!

I guess the gravity set in with our most recent relapse, and I say "our" as up until that point I didn't feel connected to the relapse, it was the worst I had experienced. We met with our Neuro and it was evident that we had progressed , so the options were laid out, and after many shower discussions, lets face it its one of the rare and most productive locations for discussions of this type especially when you have two inquisitive kids, we chose Lemtrada.

No stopping us now!