MS: Busting the Myths
August 8, 2022 | Life with MS, Media
An Auckland nurse was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis after first believing her symptoms were due to career stress. Zazi Gohar, 26, from West Auckland’s Te Atatū, learned she had MS, an often disabling disease of the central nervous system, in 2020 after her legs and […]
July 27, 2022 | Media
The Government’s being urged to get a move on and approve a stem-cell treatment for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). A petition was presented to Parliament on Tuesday, calling for the Health Minister to fund the treatment which has shown […]
July 27, 2022 | Media
Such an exciting day yesterday when we were able to witness Joan Perry’s aHSCT petition, with over 10,000 signatures, being received by ACT deputy leader Brooke van Velden on the steps of Parliament. It was then presented to Parliament later […]
July 26, 2022 | Advocacy, Life with MS, Media, Treatments
A 10,000-strong petition asking Health New Zealand to extend “game-changing” stem cell treatment to multiple sclerosis (MS) patients is set to be delivered to Parliament. The petition started by Aucklander Joan Perry, whose daughter Anne Besley has MS, calls for autologous haematopoietic […]
July 26, 2022 | Advocacy, Life with MS, Media, Treatments
Listen how Bronwyn struggled with every day life, couldn’t look after her children or hold a book, and how it led her to raise $100,000 and head to Mexico for life changing treatment, aHSCT. The interview was aired this morning […]