The Alternative

Eleven people in the UK share my diagnosis. Ten of them are bed-bound. I ride ultras.Fifty-six years of unbroken pain. No pharmaceutical support. No viable medication route. In December 2022 I was ending my 19th year in a wheelchair. On 21 January 2023 I got on my bike. My VO2 max was 30. It is now 55. I am 58.This is not a story about overcoming. The illness is the road. This is what it costs.And I know which story I am still writing.