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Chin up: The story of a metamorphosis CONTENTS

Introduction The doing: MS diagnosis The doing: Interferon beta-1a (Avonex) The doing: Intermittent self-catheterisation The undoing: Avonex – the decision…

Chin up: Moving on

This is the last part of the story of my recovery process. And so? What do I do with what’s happened to me?

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Chin up: Rewriting the past

A summary of all the problems throughout my life caused by a lymphatic system blocked by fungal overgrowth.

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The undoing: Feelings

The emotional fallout from fixing myself.

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The undoing: Toilet taboos

My experience of being on the loo leash.

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The undoing: Biomechanical rehabilitation

The long process of putting right what had gone wrong with how my body moved.

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The undoing: The day-to-day process

Here are the details of what my process of healing has involved.

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Revelations: Fungal overgrowth, blocked lymph, and a busted ankle

So if I don’t have MS, then what is the problem?

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Revelations: It’s not MS

The moment when I started to question the MS diagnosis.

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The undoing: Interferon be gone 2013–2015

The first two years after stopping Avonex injections.

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