Hi there other MSers

My name's Ian I have probably had MS for 20 years and been diagnosed for 15. Yes, I have had the usual symptoms but am still standing.

And I am thankful for thst and that I have managed to avoid most of the ( not very good) drugs that are offered to people like me. – things like disease modifying drugs. Also I am thankful that I have never been offered steroids during relapses. I look after myself and treat my condition myself - using loads of different supplements and using my mind .

I am pretty lucky in terms of what I do for a living. As a freelance journalist I can get up when I want to. My daily commute from bed to desk is around 2 metres and takes me around 15 seconds. These are some marvellous points and my cup is definitely half full (if you know what I mean) I like writing which is what I do for a living.

I have my own website – www.youhavems.com In terms of print journalism I have written for publications as varied as Take A Break and the Guardian where I have written for the paper’s news pages, Guardian Society, Guardian Health and Guardian Technology page. I have written an ebook called “Is there an MS personality?” which is exactly what you think it’s about. I wrote a feature about it for New Pathways magazine.

Elsewhere I have written for a number of magazines such as Local Government Chronicle, The Grocer, Waterways World and various charity publications such as those published by the MS Society, Diabetes UK and Mencap. I have also written advertising supplements published in The Times by Media Planet - mainly around social and environmental issues..

I have also written for the BBC’s disability website – called “Ouch!” www.bbc.co.uk/ouch If you enter “Ian Cook” in the search box on the title page you can read around 30 of my features written for the site. I was once a TV producer director – I worked in TV for 15 years - but as MS started to have an effect I decided to go into print journalism and five years into my new life I think I made the right decision

Well that is enough about me and my life with MS. Hope you find it all interesting. Keep well

Byee

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