MS: Busting the Myths
March 16, 2022 | My Story, Treatments
People often asked me ‘what research I did’ before deciding on a stem cell transplant in Russia…. Short answer ……’nothing’. I learnt that over the years of having this disease and my steady decline, that MS does not allow you […]
February 9, 2022 | Life with MS, Treatments
My name is Anne Besley. I am a 51-year-old mum, wife, daughter, sister, friend and registered nurse and in a past life a registered nurse. I live in West Auckland. Originally hailing from Africa (born in Zambia, raised in South […]
January 11, 2022 | Life with MS, MS Voice, Newsletter, Treatments
I was 30 years old and working as a civil litigator when I woke up one morning in July 2011 with a complete loss of vision in my right eye. I was diagnosed with optic neuritis and warned of the […]
December 20, 2021 | Life with MS, MS Voice, Newsletter, Research, Treatments
My name is Celia Attwood, I’m 32 years old and a mum of 2 beautiful boys. I had been to see my G.P numerous times over the years before being diagnosed with MS but with no definite answers and […]
May 20, 2021 | Advocacy, Media, Treatments
Anne Beasley had to travel to India for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) at the end of 2019 and at a cost of $42,000 Although it is already available in New Zealand for people with blood and bone marrow cancer, […]