Across the world, it’s estimated that around 1.8 million people are living with multiple sclerosis (MS).The neurological condition, which can affect people of any age, can cause symptoms such as vision problems, tiredness and trouble walking and celebrities including Christina Applegate and Selma Blair have opened up about their experience being diagnosed.To mark MS Awareness Week (Monday, 22 April to Sunday, 28 April), OK!
speaks to Rachel Maclean, the creator of womenswear brand web-site.co.uk, about her experience living with MS after being diagnosed around six years ago… “As I sat at my desk one morning, I realised that something was off.
Picking up the document that I’d been reading the previous day, the words were all I blur in front of me. I couldn't read it at all. ‘Oh my goodness, what’s happened?,’ was all I could think.
Up until that moment I’d had quite good eyesight, so my optician knew that my vision had significantly deteriorated. But despite that, she couldn’t see anything wrong with my eye so thought that the issue could’ve been caused by old age.
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