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I am very interested in this article as I am 45 year old and have had
Multiple Sclerosis for approximately 15 years. It affects my right leg
and I walk a very short distance with a stick but for any further ventures
I use a wheelchair. This is probably not the right way to go about
volunteering to be a guinea pig for your research but it is the first
time I have been given a chance to voice my opinion.
Competing interests:
No competing interests
10 December 1999
Angela Lunan
Administrator
Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education
Volunteer
I am very interested in this article as I am 45 year old and have had
Multiple Sclerosis for approximately 15 years. It affects my right leg
and I walk a very short distance with a stick but for any further ventures
I use a wheelchair. This is probably not the right way to go about
volunteering to be a guinea pig for your research but it is the first
time I have been given a chance to voice my opinion.
Competing interests: No competing interests