Look and Listen

Biography

I was born in 1954 and in 1983 I was told that I was suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. In actual fact this had been discovered much earlier when I was 15 and was diagnosed as having L’hermit syndrome which unfortunately leads more often than not to full blown MS. Between 1983 and 1990 I experienced many attacks of MS, symptoms ranging from blurred vision, an extremely unsteady gait that necessitated my using a walking stick, a feeling like my torso was encased in a constricting band of concrete, lethargy depression and tiredness that would mean many days and weeks of rest, numbness of my arms and legs, tingling and itching that might mean I scratched myself so hard it bled. Lizzie Newspaper ArticleThen I met John Devereux and in 1991 I completed the Brecon 10 mile road race and now some 21 years later I am publishing the story of my journey to health and freedom. John, who treated me so amazingly successfully and I began to write the story of how we defeated Multiple Sclerosis quite a few years ago, as it was first published in 2000, however perhaps the world did not want to hear as the book never reached a wide audience. No one seemed very interested, the Multiple Sclerosis Society could not accept my claims preferring to say that I had a benign type of MS and or I was only in remission. Now in 2012 with the advent of the E-book I am trying once more. I now live in Somerset and work as a nurse, I have been a Substance misuse counsellor, been married twice to two wonderful men and given birth to my utterly fabulous son who is now 28.

Inspiration

I want to share my experience for the benefit of others... I'm charging a few dollars for the book so I can reimburse those who are helping me to get the message out there. There is hope folks.