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MS Ireland has a team of regional community workers who provide information and support to the local MS community. Based in our regional offices throughout the country, regional community workers are trained professionals with various social work, community development and nursing backgrounds.

I took some time to think about my approach to my blog post. “Access” encompasses so many issues it was a little bit daunting to pick one. 

Does accessibility mean the same thing to you as it does to me?

I’m sure Boris Johnson didn’t have me in mind when he was making London more accessible. More like the 20 million spectator journeys he had to facilitate during the 2012 Olympic Games! Anyhow, I was very happy to reap the benefits of his logistical nightmare when I was planning a trip to visit a friend (who also has MS) in Jolly Old London Town.

MS Ireland raises topical issue

When I was first diagnosed with MS, I was given information on a number of drugs. At the time I felt that being diagnosed in my early twenties would have to work to my advantage as I would get on treatment faster and have it working in my system for a long time. As my MS was extremely active in the beginning, I felt the faster I could get on treatment the better. I looked through pages of booklets on treatments and read though clinical trials that were offered to me. One looked very appealing, but I felt that at that time I needed to be on something solid that had been tried and tested. After much research and reading, I decided to try Tysabri and went to my MS nurse with this decision. It seemed to me to be the gold star drug available for MS.

Here's how World MS Day was celebrated across the globe 

Review of medical cards suspended