I’m really enjoying living at Leftwing Idiot’s, but one thing I’m not crazy about is his carpet. It’s sisal, looks great and I imagine it’s very hard-wearing – but it’s rough. My skin is not appreciating the extra exfoliation it gets when I do the dying fish on the floor.…

I’ve had a number of tic-related injuries recently that have left me with a variety of strange lumps. I’ve got one on my thumb and another on the bridge of my nose. For the last couple of weeks there’s been a new one on my hand, near my wrist.…

My chest-banging tic is a lot less intense than it was, thanks to the Habit Reversal Therapy exercises I’ve been practicing. I still do it several times a minute, but it’s much easier to manage.

But, when I did it just now, my thumb caught my chin leaving a scratch.…

The squatting or dropping-to-the-floor tic I mentioned last week is happening more often and I’m finding it much harder to get around. It’s left me feeling stranded and frustrated.

I know that however tricky tics are, once I get used to them it gets easier and I find ways of living with them.…

I’ve mentioned the amazing treatment I’ve been having recently at Kings College Hospital. Since I injured my ankle due to a tic, I’ve had help from several different departments there, and the care has been fantastic. This morning I went for an orthotics appointment, arranged by my physiotherapist.…

I had a physio appointment this morning. My ankle is getting much stronger and less painful but I’m still wearing the protective boot. The main problem is that the leg tic responsible for this injury persists.

The physiotherapist is brilliant. She hasn’t treated anyone with tics before but is really thoughtful in her approach to me.…

While working on my laptop on Thursday I ticced and head-butted it. The bridge of my nose hit the edge of the screen and it was incredibly painful. I felt a massive lump come up almost instantly but thankfully Leftwing Idiot was equally fast with some frozen peas to help ease the swelling and make me look less like an extra from Avatar.…

Today didn’t go according to plan.

Thankfully, sixty-three years ago Sir William Beveridge’s plan for a national health service became a reality, and it was his NHS that came to my rescue today.

On my way to work, accompanied by Leftwing Idiot, I hurt my leg badly when it suddenly ticced at the bottom of the stairs.…

A few weeks ago I described how instead of saying ‘Ouch’ whenever I hurt myself I had started to tic, “Mystery.” This has now inexplicably evolved, and the new indication I’m in pain is, “Minty.”

‘Ouch’ has another relevance today with BBC Ouch’s controversial columnist Disability Bitch writing about disabled superheroes.…

Earlier today I was talking to King Russell. He was in his room and I was standing in the doorway. He beckoned to me and said, “Come here a second.” As soon as I was in the room he shut the door behind me and said, “You were jerking around far too close to the top of the stairs.”…