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When I was diagnosed, on that day
I immediately rang the MS Society
It was the MS Society that provided that very first -
- it's like being really thirsty and taking a drink -
- that was the first proper information I had
and it was essential.
Your mum and dad doesn't know what you're talking about when you tell them; "I've got MS"
so just having those leaflets in Urdu, and then passing them on
was a fantastic benefit because they then understand.
I went down soon after my diagnosis to our local MS Society branch
and met some people of a similar age to myself.
We regularly met socially and joined in the physio groups
and with some of them I went to my local gym.
I learnt by talking to them how to deal with some situations with my MS
and learnt how to change my life with them.
The website is fantastic!
It's really good you know, you get a new symptom, you can just go on there and say
"Anybody had this?" You get a flurry of responses from people saying; "Oh yes, yeah, that's me"
or "You really want to talk to your MS nurse about that one!"