ms storyline neighbours

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I watched neighbours earlier for the first time in months and was surprised they have a ms storyline i put in youtube ‘susan kennedy ms’ and watched the episode where she loses her sight to optical neuritus the storyline now is she is having a relapse does anyone else watch this its on channel 5 x

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i havent watched neighbours since i was pregnant (baby now 26 yrs old)

its good that ms is getting included in storylines though.

carole x

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I used to watch it years ago when she was first diagnosed?

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Yes!! I’ve been watching it for years…I love it. Its the only soap I watch…all the sunshine and funny story lines cheer me up Susan Kennedy rang the emergency department last night to let them know she’s having a relapse…Karl, her husband is not aware yet. I’ve got to bite my nails until Monday

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Hi I love Neigihbours and have been watching it for years except for a break when living overseas pre-internet. I’m finding the MS storyline a bit irritating. Susan got an instant neuro appointment (maybe you can in Oz) and left hospital clutching some pills which she told Kate would help. What magic pills are these lol?! Anyway,still love neighbours with it’s slightly absurd story lines and the inability of anyone in Ramsey street to go out with anyone else other than a neighbour!! Great stuff! I love the way tensions are resolved so stories don’t drag on for ever. Will be glued as usual this evening. Enjoy it fellow Neighbours fans Karen

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My sister lives in oz, Melbourne funnily enough, and got a neuro appointment within a week…private healthcare though, not nhs joys I guess :-/

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I dont know when she was diagnosed i dont normally watch it i think it was quite recently which i found odd as she must be at least 50 although i understamd that can happem so late on x

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How do you mean so late on catmummy?? and be careful how you reply…I’m 57. Only joking!!

I was diagnosed last august, with primary progressive.

Advancements in technology is why more older people are getting diagnosed.

Did you know? some people who have died, from nothing to do with ms, have shown ms lesions in brain/spine at post mortem. They never had a ms diagnosis…fascinating

PS; sorry, its the nurse in me xxx

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I just thought she would of at least had symptoms before then bit like i said i understand it is possible x oh really did u have symptoms before diagnosis or did they come all of a sudden? X

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I think she was diagnosed about 5 years ago around the same time as my first symptoms. It’s off how TV has often mirrored major events in my life! Anyway, I was almost 43 at the time and she was also in her 40s I believe. I know at least one lady at our local MSS branch who was diagnosed in her 50s.

Tracey x

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Susan must be mid 50s as libby is at least 30 xx

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I was diagnosed at 54 yrs of age with very few symptoms before the age of 52yrs old. I think ms can happen from childhood to old age if you read the posts and ms news related stories.

I think with better tools to aid diagnosis the old time scale for developing ms is becoming much broader. Sorry the nurse in me is coming out.

The same for motor neuron disease my Dad was 83 yrs old before he took I’ll and died 10 months later aged 84 yrs. They said it wasn’t very common to get it in your 80’s but it did happen.

I think diagnosis is getting better just wish the research would come up with a cause and a cure.

Take care,

Jude.X

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Hi, Just wanted to say, I too, am a ‘late dx’ I am 51 this year and was dx 2 months ago after 4 yrs of symptoms, though nothing before that. I suppose there are a few of us around, Best wishes, Sue x

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Just checked Wikipedia out of curiousity - she was diagnosed in 2007, aged 50. She must have been having a relapse in 2008/9 when I was in the diagnostic stage as I remember my parents watching it and filling me in. I gave up watching it years ago.

T x-

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My mum was diagnosed with primary progressive ms at the age of 55/56. I’ve watched neighbours for many many years so I was quite interested when this story first came up- only maybe 6 months or so after my mum was diagnosed- Susan’s lifestyle unfortunately bears no resemblance to my mum who was wheelchair bound within 3 years and whose mental state us now affected aswell- with my dad having left work to be her full time carer. I understand everyone suffers differently with ms but my understanding was late diagnosis was more likely to be progressive… Maybe that us incorrect - in any event whilst the original story line was quite well done I feel they have let the side down a but since as it’s only ever thrown in now when they lack another story and it appears to have had little to no effect on her day to day life. I know many many people who don’t realise how serious and debilitating ms can be ( maybe confusion with me?) and I sometimes feel like it is a but downplayed in neighbours. Good on them for raising it but they haven’t shown even through other people who Susan comes into contact with maybe in an ms group how debilitating it can unfortunately be to some and the effects of being a long term carer… Which results in the assumption from many that ms is not that serious and can be lived with normally. Unfortunately that isn’t the case for everyone!.