New MS drug...

A twice daily tablet for MS sufferers has been licensed in Britain. The drug is called Tecfidera and is already used by 35,000 patients around the world. This drug has been shown to reduce the rate of MS relapses by over 20% in adults with the most common form of the disease - relapsing remitting MS (oh well that's me screwed lol).

The drug is a modified version of a treatment that was originally used to treat the skin disease psoriasis. It's a new approach to treating MS which is believed to help cells defend themselves against the damage caused by MS.

Legs are aching!!!

I did 45 mins yesterday on my passive exercise machine. I recommend the Oxycycle III. 45 mins a day at least I will do.

Exercise and healthy eating everyday of which I am excited about. Going to get back into the juicing as it's definitely much easier to consume more vegetables and fruit this way, is can't remember when I last had a fizzy drink, it's constantly water I consume. Just read an article about a woman in her twenties who drinks 80 tins of coke a day!!!!...WTF????

It's all starting to come together...

If you have followed my blog, you will know I suffer from MS, well after many ups & downs (mostly downs) on all the different medications available, I am now returning to the medication that I felt best on which was the monthly infusion of Tysabri, but I ceased treatment due to testing positive for the JC virus and the risk of contracting the fatal PML virus. I feel it's a case of..I'm damned if I do....I'm damned if I don't. I won't pretend but I am scared. So this coming Tuesday 25/2 is my date.

You will also have read I split from my wife and bought a new home. Well my new place is finally coming together, I bought this place without having viewed it and what a mess it was. So I'm currently more than halfway through doing it up to my liking. I am pleased to report I am getting a 100% grant to turn my bathroom into a wetroom! can't wait to see that green bathroom suite gone lol.

I also had my new bed get delivered, it's a super duper electronically adjustable one which I highly recommend especially to MS sufferers. I also bought a passive exerciser which the motor propels my legs in a cycling motion giving me much needed exercise.

My diet has changed for the better and will probably change more drastically as it's looking like I have diabetes too. Currently waiting on blood test to confirm this....great!!!



My boy fell asleep watching football last night lol

Philip Seymour Hoffman....found dead.

I'm shocked to hear this :-( he was a fine actor.

Philip Seymour Hoffman Dead: Actor Dies At 46 In New York Apartment

Kiki Von GlinowThe Huffington Post02/02/14 01:29 PM ET

Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his Manhattan apartment, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday (Feb. 2).

The 46-year-old actor's cause of death has yet to be determined but the New York Police Department is investigating and a law-enforcement official confirmed to WSJ that the Academy Award-winning actor died in his 35 Bethune St., West Village home.

The New York Post reports that Hoffman was found dead on his bathroom floor of an apparent drug overdose by a friend at 11:30 a.m. According to the New York Times, the friend visited Hoffman's home after he could not get a hold of the actor and grew concerned. WSJ criminal justice reporter Pervaiz Shallwani tweeted that Hoffman was alone at the time of his death and the man who found him was screenwriter David Katz, with whom Hoffman had recently been working on a project.

An official told the NYT that a syringe was found in the actor's arm at the scene, accompanied by what appeared to be an envelope of heroin. “It’s pretty apparent that it was an overdose," the official confirmed. "The syringe was in his arm.”

It was reported in May 2013 that Hoffman underwent drug detox treatment for substances including heroin. Hoffman also battled drug abuse in his early twenties and was clean for 23 years before relapsing.

"It was all that [drugs and alcohol], yeah, it was anything I could get my hands on ... I liked it all," Hoffman told CBS' "60 Minutes" in a 2006 interview. "I went [to rehab], I got sober when I was 22 years old. You get panicked ... and I got panicked for my life. It really was just that."

The acclaimed actor is best known for his outstanding performances in films like "The Master," "Doubt," "Charlie Wilson's War" and "Capote" -- for which he won an Oscar for Best Actor in 2005.

Hoffman is set to appear in "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1" due out in November of this year. The film is currently in post-production.

Hoffman is survived by his longtime partner Mimi O'Donnell and their three young children.

“We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Phil and appreciate the outpouring of love and support we have received from everyone," a statement from Hoffman's family reads. "This is a tragic and sudden loss and we ask that you respect our privacy during this time of grieving. Please keep Phil in your thoughts and prayers.”

New house

Okay been in my new home for a few days now and starting to get it looking a lot better. Starting first in the living room, wallpaper stripped off the walls (I dislike wallpaper), walls prepared and sanded for painting. Currently ceiling and coving being painted a brilliant white. The walls are getting painted a magnolia, then I can get my new smart television fitted to the wall in time for my satellite television being installed on Tuesday.

New ivory vertical blinds for all the windows ordered and will be fitted next week. Wooden flooring for whole house except the bathroom, has been ordered. All chrome switches and sockets for the house ordered. But plenty to do.