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Kids Corner Competition Reader’s Story A Mother’s Perspective on Living with MS

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Welcome to the July 2014 Edition of Your Child in Whittlesea!

Another school holidays have begun and we are half way through another year.

This month we have a Colouring Competition in our Kids Corner on page 24.

Send in your entries to win a special gift from Hogs Breath Café Epping.

In this months magazine we have an article written by a local Mum “Fighting Multiple Sclerosis: A Mother’s Story” on page 12. Please share her story with your family and friends so that we can come together as a community and support her in her efforts to fight MS. I would like to leave you with a poem by author Diana Loomans from her book “100 Ways to Build Self-Esteem & Teach Values” (2004) .

If I had my child to raise over again, I'd finger paint more, and point the finger less.

I'd do less correcting, and more connecting.

I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.

I would care to know less, and know to care more.

I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.

I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.

I'd run through more fields, and gaze at more stars.

I'd do more hugging, and less tugging.

I would be firm less often, and affirm much more.

I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later.

I'd teach less about the love of power, And more about the power of love.

It matters not whether my child is big or small, From this day forth, I'll cherish it all.

Christine

Christine Ernest, Editor

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Fighting Multiple Sclerosis: Motherhood has taught me most in my life about what it means to protect and fight for those you love. The responsibility of being someone's mother can be hard at times physically and emotionally. Throw in a life changing autoimmune disease such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and some days feel overwhelming.

MS means that like approximately 23,000 other Australians, my immune system attacks my own body. It affects the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves which in turn can affect nearly any function. When I'm having one of my relapses the sy m p t o m s a r e horrible but then af te r h o weve r long (days, weeks, months) they mostly subside. There is a risk I will move from this stage of relapsing and remitting symptoms to develop Secondary Progressive MS where there is progressive development of disability. This is my deepest fear that I end up with a permanent disability and not able to give my daughter everything I dreamed.

MS has been a constant in my life for nearly as long as my daughter has. The first symptoms started to emerge as I held her as a baby. I have had years of feeling far 12

from "normal" and to be honest I can't even really remember what it is to be normal anymore. I get up every day and feel some sort of pain.

On a good day I only have symptoms such as constant headaches (eight months straight of migraines and severe headaches until recently finally finding a daily medication that can reduce them) or muscle pain from weakness in my right side making my left side work harder....I just put it out of my mind as much as I can carry on.

My daughter now is three years old and at least to some extent understands that at times mummy just can't do the things she wants. But when my symptoms first started to get bad she didn't, she was only one and couldn't understand why I couldn't pick her up for long, run after her or get onto the floor easily - although I tried to as much : as possible.

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A Mother’s Story I've had relapses where my body was painful, had pins and needles and/or was totally numb, it was unrelenting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for more than 7 months all the way from my chest to my feet. I had to consciously think about every step I took as I couldn't gauge my steps or how close to the ground I was and I am amazed that I never fell over. I carried it off and no one guessed what was going on, which is common for MS as its symptoms are mostly invisible. I barely told anyone, including family, for a long time. It was terrifying, but if it wasn't for my daughter I would have just laid around feeling sorry for myself.

I've had vision problems and eye pain for weeks, muscle weakness, dizziness, ongoing insomnia and fatigue. It feels like

by Amanda Wilson

torture. Some days I feel so extremely tired I can barely think yet I can't sleep well at night. If I have a nap in the day then I will have even less chance of sleeping that night making the exhaustion circle never ending.

My daughter is amazing. She kisses where I hurt; she is caring and compassionate even if she does drain what little energy I do have with her 3-year-old stubbornness and meltdowns. I love every moment with her. It makes me awfully sad when I think that she knows mummy isn't invincible already and that one day she may also have to be my carer rather than just my daughter. I want to fight for her sake so I'm travelling for stem cell therapy in Russia next year‌the closest to a cure in the battle against MS.

Amanda Wilson is a 33-year-old mother living in South Morang and a part-time human resource officer at a major university. She has Multiple Sclerosis and has booked in for a stem cell transplant in Russia next year to halt the progression of the disease. For more information on Amanda's story please visit http://hsctrussia.wix.com/fighting-ms email: hsctrussia@gmail.com, follow her on Facebook www.facebook.com/ToRussiaWithLoveFightingMS A mini supporter's 'Kiddy Disco' is being held on 12 July, 4-6pm, Creeds Farm as well as a Trivia Night on 22 November at La Trobe University to help raise much needed funds to support Amanda.

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Handy Phone Numbers Emergency Numbers Ambulance Fire DIAL 000 Police Victoria State Emergency Services Hospitals

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Contents & Index of Advertisers Your quick guide to everyone and everything in Your Child...

Articles

Accountants/ Tax Agents Mother & Baby

6 Top Tips to Select a Safe Caregiver 11 Optimal Accounting Solutions 8 Introduce the Grandkids to Business Opportunity Gardening 31 Your Child Magazine 12 Fighting Multiple Sclerosis: Car Dealerships A Mother’s Story 10 South Morang Toyota 14 Don’t we all know?

18 Prevention is ALWAYS better than Child Care/Nannies 5 Kids Matter Family Day Care the cure!

20 Tonsurephobia 7 Sutherland’s Child Care 22 Assistance is Available 9 Naturally Nannies 15 Early Years Care 31 Eltham College Kids Regular Features 2 Editors Noticeboard 4 Business of the Month Kids Matter Family Day Care 9 Editorial - Naturally Nannies 24 Kids Corner Colouring Competition 25 Business Directory 26 What’s On in Whittlesea 28 Handy Phone Numbers

Your Child Business Opportunity Call 1300 657 996 or visit: www.yourchildin.com.au

Discount Stores 16 Mernda Popup Shop

Education/Schools

7 Angel Lane Baby Sculptures

Photography 25 Image of You Photography

Play Centres 17 Fantasy World Indoor Play Centre & Café

Restaurants/Café 25 Hog’s Breath Café Epping

Service Providers 23 Yarra Valley Water

Sports/Fitness 7 Ready Steady Go Kids 25 Gymsports Academy Epping

Travel

11 Travel Counsellors 3 Gilson College Mernda Andrew Denishensky 17 Kilmore International School 32 Ivanhoe Grammar School Tutoring 25 Trevallyn Learning Centre Hairdressing Services 21 Creative Hair Room

Health & Well-Being 19 iSmile Orthodontics 19 Talk and Play Mobile Speech Pathology

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