Fall Down, Get Up Again- a Column by John Connor

June 9, 2017June 8, 2017

Living with MS: There’s a World Out There

Columns, Fall Down, Get Up Again- a Column by John Connor

One of the most dispiriting aspects of a chronic illness is that it traps you in your own world. Major events happen but these are filtered against the achievement ... Read more

June 2, 2017May 1, 2018

Lemtrada II: My Right Foot (Hopefully)

Columns, Fall Down, Get Up Again- a Column by John Connor, Lemtrada

Read John Connor’s previous column, “Lemtrada I: This Island Couch.” Apologies for the pic of my edema–riddled right foot. If I put whiskers on it, my big toe could ... Read more

May 26, 2017May 1, 2018

Lemtrada I: This Island Couch

Columns, Fall Down, Get Up Again- a Column by John Connor, Lemtrada

The latest drug media storm to erupt in Britain is “Spice,” which causes users to become living statues. Exactly a year ago, I became a living statue for six ... Read more

May 12, 2017May 12, 2017

Whisky Galore: Two Friends Walk and Roll into a Distillery

Columns, Fall Down, Get Up Again- a Column by John Connor

If I was writing fiction about two disabled people going on a road trip, I’d be pleased to create a character like Nigel. He’s stroppy, Northern (from the perspective ... Read more

April 21, 2017April 20, 2017

A Very Hip Story: ‘The Shower That Ate Me’

Columns, Fall Down, Get Up Again- a Column by John Connor

It was three years since I’d seen my best mate Nigel. The last time had been when we said goodbye at London City Airport after our three-day sozzled sojourn ... Read more

April 15, 2017April 28, 2017

There’s Something Wrong with Both of Us

Columns, Fall Down, Get Up Again- a Column by John Connor

There are a few moments when life changes. In my day, it was meeting your partner across a crowded room. Now it’s sadly the flick of an app. What ... Read more

April 7, 2017April 7, 2017

One Day in the Working Life of John Peter Connor

Columns, Fall Down, Get Up Again- a Column by John Connor

These might be the days of the gig economy, but I’ve been doing one every Tuesday for 27 years. My particular white van (for US readers the delivery drivers ... Read more

March 31, 2017March 31, 2017

Request for Tennis Lessons Leads to Academy Teaching Many Disabled

Columns, Fall Down, Get Up Again- a Column by John Connor

In the summer of 2012 David Bowie’s song “Heroes” became the anthem of the London Olympics despite Bowie turning down an invitation from British director Danny Boyle to be ... Read more

March 24, 2017March 24, 2017

History Conjures Up Electricity-Aided Walking, but a Too-Daring Pilot

Columns, Fall Down, Get Up Again- a Column by John Connor

It seems I’ve made it to my second weekly column. I was going to write about a non-MS physical impairment that had kept me down for a month. It’s ... Read more

March 21, 2017March 21, 2017

A Mountain to Climb with MS – in My Living Room

Columns, Fall Down, Get Up Again- a Column by John Connor

So, I’m lying on the floor taking in the stippled ceiling we’ve never changed in the past 19 years. My son,  also 19, is now at university. That’s how ... Read more