Steve Woodward

After I left my job (which I wrote about in this article) I spent a lot of time thinking about the kind of work I wanted - or was able...

Please note - when I say DIY, I'm talking about putting together simple things like flat-pack furniture. I am not – nor have I ever been – especially practical. Especially...

The Locus of Control is a psychological theory which tries to describe the extent to which people believe they have power over their own lives. First talked about in the...

Foot drop is when disruption to the nerve pathways between the legs and brain means that the front of the foot cannot be lifted to the correct angle when walking...

First things first, this is NOT a politically-motivated post. This has been prompted by conversations I had with other attendees at HU Connexion '18. They were interested to know how...

When my wife and I first got together (almost exactly 15 years ago), we spent a lot of time traveling and going on city breaks. Ever since MS entered the...

One of the hardest things to deal with when first diagnosed with MS is the fact that, in most cases, you're handed a life-changing diagnosis which isn't really all that...

I’ve been asked to write a little something about parenting with MS from the male perspective – although there are a few parents amongst the contributors here, I’m the only...

We all know that MS isn't a one-size-fits-all kind of a deal. However, there are a few symptoms which are more common than others (for example Fatigue). The other biggie...

Maybe you are like me, and are lucky enough to be surrounded by concerned and loving family members. Now don't get me wrong. In our situation we couldn't survive without...

It’s been quite a while since I wrote anything here - where SHALL I begin? 2016 was a year which personally started off positively, got bogged down in the middle...

Recently I’ve gone back to read a book which my brother bought for me a while ago. The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton. Each chapter focuses on the...

So what’s been happening with you? It seems an age since I wrote anything on here. Well, it HAS been an age since I wrote anything on here. Looking back...

I grew up watching Charlie Brown cartoons as a small child. As a (fairly pretentious) adolescent I watched a great many Woody Allen films. And a few years later I...

I’ve been injecting myself with the Rebif (interferon beta-1a) disease modifying therapy three times a week since January 2010. On the whole I’ve tolerated it pretty well – I even...

Well as precisely nobody will have noticed, I’ve been a wee bit quiet on here recently. I’ve had a few MS-related incidents which have knocked me back a bit –...

This is the second post in a series of articles looking at the apparent ’Sacred Cows’ of life with MS. As before, this is in no way out to cause...

People within the MS community are rightly quick to point out when others say or do things to offend us – I’m thinking about the frequent lists of Things Not...

Recently a family friend has had a major health-scare. On the day he was meant to be discharged, we didn’t receive any calls until late in the day, by which...

I love reading my daughter bedtime stories, and the other day, I got an email from my wife, letting me know that she had ordered a complete set of Mr...