Help Angie Kick MS with HSCT
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Hi my name is Angela Hill and I have Multiple Sclerosis, a debilitating condition which affects around 100,000 people in the UK. I was diagnosed with Primary Progressive MS, back in 2000 at the age of 42, and currently there is no known cure.
The shock of the diagnosis was devastating, and the reality of the condition has been life changing. Over the past 16 years I have developed mobility problems caused by Spasticity and Numbness in my limbs. I was a very active person in my youth and I now have to rely on the use of a walker and mobility scooter to get around. I have recently developed ‘Drop Foot’ which causes me to trip and fall, so I wear a leg brace which is uncomfortable, cumbersome and in itself causes mobility problems. This illness not only affects my mobility, it can attack any part of my body at any time and with no warning. I have to make regular visits to the Hospital for Botox injections to control the spasticity in my legs and also in my bladder.
Prior to me getting MS I walked everywhere, now I can't even walk to my local shop which is less than 200yds away. I live in an adapted bungalow as I cannot manage stairs anymore. Getting around the house is proving more and more difficult as the years go by. Some days, my energy levels are so low that I barely have the strength to get out of bed. I am a Grandmother and playing with my 4 year old grandson is something I long to do, but he really doesn’t understand that this is a tiredness that drains you to your very core so I have to rest to recover.
However, I am very hopeful that with a new treatment called Hematopietic Stem Cell Treatment (HSCT) there could be a light at the end of the tunnel for me and other MS sufferers. With this new treatment Stem Cells are removed before my immune system is destroyed by Chemotherapy, along with my body’s knowledge of having MS. Then using my Stem Cells, they are reintroduced back into my body and this will help reboot my immune system without MS which would stop progression and in some cases repaired disability.
I do understand that there are people in a worse predicament than me, but your donation would give me the chance to halt further progression of this condition and help me to lead a relatively normal life for the rest of my life.
Your donation is to help with Travel to/from Yorkshire to London, Accommodation, Aftercare and Equipment.
I would like to express my deep gratitude to anyone who would be kind enough to make a donation, be it great or small, helping me to reach my goal.
Thank you
Please note: Any remaining funds will be given to another HSCT fundraiser.
The shock of the diagnosis was devastating, and the reality of the condition has been life changing. Over the past 16 years I have developed mobility problems caused by Spasticity and Numbness in my limbs. I was a very active person in my youth and I now have to rely on the use of a walker and mobility scooter to get around. I have recently developed ‘Drop Foot’ which causes me to trip and fall, so I wear a leg brace which is uncomfortable, cumbersome and in itself causes mobility problems. This illness not only affects my mobility, it can attack any part of my body at any time and with no warning. I have to make regular visits to the Hospital for Botox injections to control the spasticity in my legs and also in my bladder.
Prior to me getting MS I walked everywhere, now I can't even walk to my local shop which is less than 200yds away. I live in an adapted bungalow as I cannot manage stairs anymore. Getting around the house is proving more and more difficult as the years go by. Some days, my energy levels are so low that I barely have the strength to get out of bed. I am a Grandmother and playing with my 4 year old grandson is something I long to do, but he really doesn’t understand that this is a tiredness that drains you to your very core so I have to rest to recover.
However, I am very hopeful that with a new treatment called Hematopietic Stem Cell Treatment (HSCT) there could be a light at the end of the tunnel for me and other MS sufferers. With this new treatment Stem Cells are removed before my immune system is destroyed by Chemotherapy, along with my body’s knowledge of having MS. Then using my Stem Cells, they are reintroduced back into my body and this will help reboot my immune system without MS which would stop progression and in some cases repaired disability.
I do understand that there are people in a worse predicament than me, but your donation would give me the chance to halt further progression of this condition and help me to lead a relatively normal life for the rest of my life.
Your donation is to help with Travel to/from Yorkshire to London, Accommodation, Aftercare and Equipment.
I would like to express my deep gratitude to anyone who would be kind enough to make a donation, be it great or small, helping me to reach my goal.
Thank you
Please note: Any remaining funds will be given to another HSCT fundraiser.
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Angie Hill
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