Rebecca Starr

Hi, my name is Rebecca. I am 46 years old, and boy some days I feel a whole lot older than this. I'm a divorced, single mum. Miss O and I have been by ourselves since early 2007. I was diagnosed with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis in July 2012, although according to my neurologist I've had MS for a very long time. Just for how long, I don't really want to know but thinking about it I'm sure since my early twenties. In 2000 I had so many issues and symptoms. For a whole year, I was at the GPs, two or three times a week! I'm sure he cringed every time he saw me in the waiting room. Long story short, after every test known to man, except an MRI or lumbar puncture ( which weren't clinically indicated )I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder in 2001. I'm sure I probably did have anxiety, I thought I was going to die, there was something really, really wrong with me! Well there was something wrong, just not what I was diagnosed with.  Unfortunately after this diagnosis, I dismissed most of my symptoms as anxiety related thus I have loads of damage.

Fast forward to 2015, I'm still working, these days I'm a nurse, although not full time anymore, can't quite manage that. Most of my issues are still invisible but if you watch me closely you will notice some of my major ones. 

The writing in this blog is by Rebecca Starr, and is copyright. Photos are from sources stated to the best of my knowledge. The opinions expressed and experiences are my own.