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@JaneH 

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Accessibility?

In the last few years I get around with or on wheels due to MS disability, so I need to know about accessibility. And I don’t know if it’s just us dog loving Brits but I started to notice a strange phenomenon sometime last year when checking out accessibility of venues. Here’s my rant about it from ...
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MissMoona

Lack of accessibility :(

I had an appointment today with the MS team, they were going to talk about how to self injection and etc. But unfortunately my morning appointment at 9am was cancelled due to no interpreter. They had an opening at 2pm which they confirm an interpreter will turn up. But on my arrival, I found out the...
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@Yorete 

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Yorete

Your MS patient pack - I got your back 😄

Hello my fellow MSers, I thought it would be useful to do a MS patient pack. You know my experience has been the NHS leaving me to die and then bully me. No one bullies me & Londrina! So check this out- Listen you are disabled, you have MS and depression lives with us please deny it BUT you are ...
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@DominicS 

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DominicS

A small victory for the UK MSers

Afternoon all. Some may have seen that I decided to take the Railcard folks to task as their website for Disabled Railcards was opaque and led to many with MS thinking they weren't entitled to a Disabled Persons Railcard. Good News - anyone that can show they have MS - a letter from your GP is fin...
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@Peej 

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Peej

How to do this all alone?

I don't want to ramble on a lot like my last posts but they could be helpful to understand the basics. I'm in 7+/10 pain everyday, I'm always nauseous, I always have some kind of headache, fatigued; too much to list. I have to restart my pip and uc to get what I should be receiving, so right now I ...
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@Keelybell12 

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Keelybell12

questions

hello everyone, this is my first post and i’m very newly diagnosed. i’m 18 and hopefully going to uni in september. i have a hospital appointment tomorrow to discuss my diagnosis and any questions that i might have; i was just wondering if anyone had any questions they think would be worth me asking...
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@WinchesterMark 

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WinchesterMark

'Thing's' you can get in the Uk 2022 due to MS

I thought I’d post something, that when I was originally diagnosed, would have definitely helped me dealing with the whole sh*t show that is life with MS, and how to at least make it at least a little bit easier. Don’t get me wrong I’m no MS suffering martin lewis (the irony been by nature Im very...
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@PeterFrancis 

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PeterFrancis

Electric Wheelchair Assessment Passed.

Had my Electric Wheelchair Assessment for Home environment and accessibility, earlier today and I passed, Hurrah!. Now it's all a waiting game, as usual.
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@SusieT 

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SusieT

MS wheelchair using travellers wanted!

Hello, Love travelling? Use a wheelchair? How about spending your time travelling vicariously, getting inspired and inspiring others? My name is Susie, I have MS and I am now in a wheelchair. But I love travelling and even though it is much harder now and way more complicated, I have found loa...
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@FrankyJack 

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FrankyJack

Cruising trip

Morning folks. Hope everyone is keeping well. My mum has always wanted to go see the Northern Lights and all being well, we hope to go early next year with the P&O cruise liner My mum is wheelchair dependent so we thought it may be a bit difficult. Has anyone had any cruising trips while in a w...
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