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If you answered yes, you are not alone.  2020 has been a particularly difficult year for everyone, leaving people anxious about the future.  Stress levels have risen for many as a result, and anxiety is your body's natural response to stress. The trouble is, if you have MS then being anxious can make your symptoms worse. What can you do to help beat anxiety?  Thankfully we live on a…

Today’s Friday Fact is something that truly fascinates me. Humans have the ability to rewire their brains!  The old saying of ‘you can’t teach an old dog new tricks’ has been surpassed by scientists proving yes you can.  So how do you create new pathways? Scientists say that doing things differently and repeatedly, is the way to create new neural pathways.  You could take up a new…

Quiz Night Thursday 22nd October 2020 Les Cotils  Doors open 6.45 pm Quiz starts 7.30 pm £13.50 per person to include a light meal  The evening will include a quiz, raffle and a choice of sausage, chicken or vegetarian spring rolls, all served with chips  Come and join us for a fun evening and to raise funds for the Guernsey Multiple Sclerosis Society.  In order to book tickets with meal…

The Guernsey Disability Hustings took place at St Pierre Hotel on Wednesday 16th September. It was very well attended by 108 people, providing a voice for everyone affected by disability including the hard working carers. Four members of the Guernsey Multiple Sclerosis Society Committee, represented the many people affected by MS on Guernsey.  Karen Blanchford from 'We All Matter Eh…

The University of the Third Age (U3A) is an international movement who believe that continuing to learn and develop your interests, make friends, and try something new is a life long passion and as a result is great for your mental health. U3A started as a movement in France in 1973. In the1980s, the movement reached the United Kingdom where it became a much more flexible organisation centred…

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 'My Enabled Warrior Tracker' is a book written by Jessie Ace which was inspired by her own journey and struggles with MS. When she was first diagnosed with MS she used to make notes to track her own symptoms. Jessie soon realised that the notes were not really helpful for either herself or her doctors. This gave her the idea to write a book and she enlisted the help of doctors and other people…

A big thank you to Alissa, Aggie and Barnie who did a wonderful job for us competing in the Hellvetia mini-triathlon Challenge yesterday. They kindly all wore orange MS shirts which made them easy to pick out, except Alissa who obviously took hers off to swim!  

The exercise classes at Beau Sejour for people with Multiple Sclerosis(MS) are back on! The Guernsey group are the first in the UK to be able re-start. We ae delighted to have been given permission for these classes to continue. Due to the Coronavirus the UKMS have stopped all activities, but as a result of Guernsey's unique position, we have been allowed to restart. The classes can take up to 10…

A big thank you goes to Ben De Jersey for achieving his 24 hour rowathon last weekend to raise funds for the Guernsey MS Society.  Despite numerous challenges throughout the night Ben persevered and kept going until the 24hr mark.   We were hugly relieved that this event was able to go ahead. Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus the MS Society UK has not allowed any events to take place…