Living With Multiple Sclerosis

Carolyn Cordon
6 min readMay 26, 2023

I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2010, after a particularly bad fall, and extreme feelings of right-sided muscle weakness.

I say my GP, who sent me for a CT scan, and based on the result of the scan, referred me to a neurologist, who sent me for an MRI scan. Then the neurologist, after looking at that scan was able to share the news — I had a chronic illness Multiple Sclerosis (MS), that would be with me for the rest of my life! Oh joy, not …

He didn’t put it like that, of course, and to be honest, I can’t really remember all he said…

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Carolyn Cordon

Writer & Presenter — Poetry, prose, blogging, editor Mallala Crossroad Chronicle. Words are my tools, I use them well!