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Sharon Reid
Ruth 'Minika' Green
Lindsay Allen
Denise Ryan
Wilma Sloan
Dave Sloan


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wilma sloan
Wilma Sloan

  Hiya,
My name is Wilma, I was born in 1977,  got married to Dave in 2002.  I was diagnosed with MS in 2005.
My mum also has MS so I believe the Neuros all thought it was MS which was affecting me too.  And they were right!!!
I had just started first year at university studying Nursing when I was diagnosed.  My tutors all thought I should quit......really strange in my opinion (well they are all nurses who should know better.lol)
I am now a registered nurse and I wish I could be free of the fatigue and balance problems which MS presents me with.  It is not funny to be accused of being drunk when you haven't had a single drink.
 
I started taking Copaxone in 2006.  I took it for 14 months and then was changed to Betaferon as I was still having lots of relapses.  8 weeks of Betaferon convinced me, my husband, the MS Nurses and my Consultant that it wasn't working very well for me as I still had another relapse while on it.  I now get Tysabri......once a month I go to London and have my infusion on a ward there.  I have been on Tysabri now for 15 months and I will hopefully be on it till they cure MS!!! 
 
Apart from going online, gossiping on email, looking after my animals (cats, dog, squirrel, hedgehogs and birds) I do not do an awful lot.....oh yes.....sleep is the thing which takes up most of my day.....when the animals give me peace anyways.lol.
Once a month I meet up with our the MS Friends Group for a lunch and a chat.  I have met some lovely people there and I enjoy socialising with others who fully understand all about MS, and can have a good laugh about all our mis-haps etc.