26/04/2026
Today marks the end of MS Awareness Week 🧡
13 years ago, at age 24, I was diagnosed with RRMS (relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis) — and it completely changed the course of my life.
It started with optic neuritis. I lost all vision in one eye. 4 weeks later, it came back… but mentally, things weren’t so quick to recover.
Since then, I’ve been incredibly lucky physically — my symptoms have been minimal. But the mental side? That’s been the real challenge. The “what ifs” can be loud.
MS has shaped some of the biggest decisions in my life:
2013 — I left a job I hated and took the risk to open my own dental practice
2020 — I stepped away from dentistry to focus on aesthetics and protect my wellbeing
2024 — I fell in love with fitness and focused on becoming the strongest, healthiest version of myself
And despite MS, I’m so proud of what I’ve achieved:
✨ A dental practice from scratch — now the biggest in Dundee
✨ A growing aesthetics and skin business
✨ A sub 25-minute 5K
✨ Training for my first Hyrox doubles (in 2 weeks!)
The biggest shift? Reducing stress.
Since changing direction in 2020, I’ve been the happiest and healthiest I’ve ever been.
I also barely drink alcohol anymore — and that alone has made a huge difference to how I feel day to day.
Last summer in Cyprus, in extreme heat, what I thought was tingling from sunburn turned out to be my first proper flare-up in 10 years — numbness in my shoulder that caused me to lose function in my left arm for a week.
It was temporary, but it shook me. I felt my mindset starting to slip again.
I had a choice: spiral into fear again… or face it.
So I chose to own it.
Yes, I have MS. No, I don’t know if or when I’ll have another flare-up. But I’m not going to live my life fearing something that might never happen.
A diagnosis is not the end of the world — even if it feels like it at the time.
Instead, I focus on what I can control:
✨ Eating well
✨ Training consistently
✨ Moving my body
✨ Working fewer days
✨ Reading again
✨ Protecting my peace
Continued in comments! 👇🏼
