This evening Zoë and I got onto the subject of dating. We’re both single and we were discussing things that we shouldn’t say on a first date. My tics seized on this and started listing things I definitely shouldn’t say when trying to attract a boy….…

I’m always learning something new about Tourettes and what I’ve learnt most recently is that I’m not much good at word-association games. It’s no great worry though, because I’m not likely to be hugely disadvantaged by this.

Late last night I had a ‘ticcing fit’ during which I hit Zoë, who was supporting me, with a tiny grey cloud-shaped cushion.…

I woke myself up this morning by suddenly shouting ‘NO!’

I was still in hospital after having had my tonsils out yesterday and Fat Sister was staying with me. She woke with a start too, and asked, in an understandably alarmed tone, what was wrong.…

The final post of any year feels like a big deal. But at the end of such a busy year this one feels particularly significant.

As the third year of Touretteshero comes to a close I feel incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved.…

I’m not afraid of spiders, but I’m not mad keen on them either.

Earlier, I was lying on my bed doing a bit of work when I started to have a ‘ticcing fit’ – my muscles tensed and my body locked up entirely.…

Last night we had our work Christmas party at and it was utterly lovely! We had an amazing meal cooked in the kitchen of our new building and nearly all 39 of the staff team sat down and ate together in our cosy multi-purpose room.…

Several months ago, when winter still felt a long way away, Leftwing Idiot and I took a trip into town to meet Billy Elliott – not the famous dancer but the incredibly talented animator.

Our mission was to see if Bill would be up for creating a video to go with the LiveTalk Christmas special I’d just recorded.…

Poppy, Leftwing Idiot and I went to get a Christmas tree this evening. My wheelchair came in handy for getting it back to the castle.

But there was a slight glitch – I kept head-butting it all the way home, accompanied by my tics singing along:

“Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree, why are you so prickly?”…

I read the other day that Gangnam Style’s become You Tube’s most watched video of all time with over eight hundred and fifty million views so far. So it’s no surprise that this infectious K-Pop anthem’s started to show up in my tics.…

This morning I woke up early, for the second day in a row. Yesterday I had to get up and head off to catch a train while it was still dark. This morning I stayed in bed watching the sunrise, thinking about all the funny and interesting that had happened in the meantime.…