I went for my lumbar puncture in the first week in August. I was getting married on the 11th. I'd only get the results when I can back from honeymoon as to detect MS through a lumbar puncture takes a month of sciency stuff. Look it up on the wikipedia you lazy lot! So I had it done and can only describe it as an excruciating experience but really not as painful as people make out; in fact when the needle is in the right bit of your spine, you don't feel a thing. But you really don't ever worry about needles again. Some months after this I ended up getting a load of work done at the dentist and took 8 injections with no problem at all... the dentist actually remarked on my ability to take the punishment and I could reply with no word of a lie "after a lumbar puncture, seriously, your little needles don't scare me at all!".
So we went off the weekend after next and got married on the Isle of Wight. I had, of course, tried to give my fiancé the opportunity to pull out in the light of my diagnosis; naturally enought she just gave me a slap and told me not to be so silly. I love that woman! We went on honeymoon to tuscany for 10 days, the longest holiday I'd had in 17 years, and had a wonderfully drunken time on the edge of the Chianti region.
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