The World Cup of Football — or Is It Soccer? — Offers an Escape From MS
In the five years I’ve been tapping away at this multiple sclerosis (MS) column for MS News Today,…
In the ‘80s, John Connor created the first regular column about the burgeoning London stand-up scene. In 1990 he wrote a book about its effect on the Edinburgh Festival: “Comics: A Decade of Comedy at the Assembly Rooms.” That year he also devised and ran a live topical stand-up team show at The London Comedy Store, The Edge (It was destroyed in 2020!). In 2009 John was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS, which cut short his main job as a TV casting director for “Black Books,” “My Family,” et al. Now, John writes “Fall Down Get Up Again,” an irreverent journey with MS.
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In the five years I’ve been tapping away at this multiple sclerosis (MS) column for MS News Today,…
First off, let me apologize for my penchant for using hip literary references. Not everyone is aware of Joseph Heller’s…
You get used to … Hold on there, matey boy. Be honest and write “I.” This column has a reputation…
The call from my urologist’s office came far later than I was expecting, in regards to my long-term chronic…
Ah, one of the classic setups for a Christmas cracker joke. Others include, “Why did the chicken cross the road?”…
“You married a husband and ended up with a child,” quipped I. It was first thing Sunday morning, and I…
Ah, after living the majority of the last three years of my life indoors, I do tend to spark conversation…
There are moments in life that have surprising effects on us. I’ve had two. The first was when I was…
The constant light in my cell burned through my eyelids all night. Every night for days now. Prostrate on my…
Once upon a time, children, there was a very grumpy bear who kept a low-level, incessant growl going all day.
Note: The second half of this column details digestive symptoms that may make readers uncomfortable. In the five years that…
It was a glorious summer for those of us lucky enough not to be engulfed by forest fires, face crop…
My weight went off the scale when my multiple sclerosis (MS) meant that I could no longer safely get…
This headline is a bit of a cheat. OK, it’s a big cheat. When you’ve been writing a column for…
Now, I know the phrase “I’m going to do my own research” has become a catch-all for conspiracy theorists who…
I only had my glasses for two years, yet reading anything on my phone was now nigh impossible. Still, it…
In December 2019, I was stopped in my tracks, or rather wheels, as I was about to have my third…
No, it wasn’t my good wife, Jane, suddenly insisting we just had to take a break. Spontaneity is no…
Monday Unlike Prince, my Monday wasn’t manic. It was barreling along quite sedately until my wife, Jane, casually noted,…
So I’m at my multiple sclerosis (MS) exercise class working out on a sit-down bike. Yes, I know, by…
Compared with living with multiple sclerosis (MS), the anxiety of what on water (Earth has always struck me as…
I’ve just received four intramuscular Botox injections in my right arm to relieve the muscle spasticity that comes with…
There is a more heavyweight subject I could inflict on you lot, but let’s put our feet up this week.
Today’s youth have to accumulate a range of skills. Everything changes so fast. Parents often have no idea what career…
In my cooking days, I always had a stock simmering away. Nothing was wasted. What had been frugality spurred on…
This week’s been a relief. I haven’t had to dash to casualty or fallen over in my chair.
“Well, this an idea for your next column, John,” my wife, Jane, said, a tad sardonically. At least I…
My column’s handle is “Fall Down, Get Up Again” because the first piece I wrote for Multiple Sclerosis News Today…
For the few of you lot lucky enough not to know about intermittent catheterization, it’s shoving a thin bit…
It was a moment of clarity. Unfortunately, my attempt at making a bright, clear consommé has for the moment turned…
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