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Health Minister makes comments ahead of elections

Fancy sailing across the world?

On World MS Day share YOUR wish...

People waiting, wondering, dreading, hoping

MS Ireland's annual Friends of the MS Care Centre Corporate lunch took place last week, 16th May in the Four Seasons Hotel in Ballsbridge. A great turnout was had for the event with guest speakers Mary O'Rourke and Conor Devine keeping the crowd's full attention whilst they enjoyed their four course Artisan meal. 

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.