This article is included because May is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month in Canada and other countries.
MS is prominent in British news.
Janis Winehouse lives life to full after death of daughter Amy Winehouse despite battling MS | The Sun |Showbiz
"I’ll cope with MS.
I can’t waste my life
since Amy lost hers''
Says Janis Winehouse
Devoted ... Janis Winehouse hugs daughter Amy on stage
By LYNSEY HAYWOOD
Published: Today at 00:15
EACH day is a battle for Janis Winehouse as she struggles with an illness that makes it hard for her to walk, talk and concentrate.
In years to come, it could confine her to a wheelchair and destroy her sight.
But for Janis, 57, living with multiple sclerosis is nothing compared to the agony of losing daughter Amy.
Today, in a moving interview, she tells why she is doing all she can to make the most of her life — for the child she lost last summer as much as for herself.
She says: “How can I sit around wasting my life when Amy has lost hers? I now feel that I need to live life to the full for the both of us.”
The brave mum continues: “Amy’s death was obviously a huge loss and whenever I talk about her I feel tearful.
“No one should ever have to lose a child. I lost my father at the end of January too and that took a huge toll. I feel there’s a large hole in my family.
“Stress can make the symptoms of MS worse and I do suffer with bouts of depression. This happened both before Amy died and after.
“But what I’ve tried to do is focus my life on the Amy Winehouse Foundation. The charity takes up a lot of my time and it gives me something positive to focus on after all the bad that has happened. I’ve realised how much good I can do.”
Janis’s symptoms first appeared in her early 20s, soon after she gave birth to singer Amy’s big brother Alex.
But Janis is still managing to live a full and active life — as most people with MS do, contrary to popular belief.
Just a quarter of people with the condition are reliant on a wheelchair — despite a new survey by the MS Society finding that a majority of Brits think all sufferers are confined to a chair.
And most who are diagnosed manage to hold down full-time jobs, have families and live busy lives, just like Janis.
Janis and husband Mitch, 60, a taxi driver, went on to have Amy when Janis was 29. There were still few signs of the illness that was to follow.
Beloved daughter ... Janis with Amy
“I couldn’t run a marathon. I can’t go on walking holidays. But normally, as long as I plan everything around MS, then I live a brilliant, active life.
“I won’t let it stop me achieving what I want to. I never have. I want to make my family proud.”
For more info about MS visit msfightback.org.uk. Or for details about the Amy Winehouse Foundation see amywinehousefoundation.org.
MS is prominent in British news.
Janis Winehouse lives life to full after death of daughter Amy Winehouse despite battling MS | The Sun |Showbiz
"I’ll cope with MS.
I can’t waste my life
since Amy lost hers''
Says Janis Winehouse
Devoted ... Janis Winehouse hugs daughter Amy on stage
By LYNSEY HAYWOOD
Published: Today at 00:15
EACH day is a battle for Janis Winehouse as she struggles with an illness that makes it hard for her to walk, talk and concentrate.
In years to come, it could confine her to a wheelchair and destroy her sight.
But for Janis, 57, living with multiple sclerosis is nothing compared to the agony of losing daughter Amy.
Today, in a moving interview, she tells why she is doing all she can to make the most of her life — for the child she lost last summer as much as for herself.
She says: “How can I sit around wasting my life when Amy has lost hers? I now feel that I need to live life to the full for the both of us.”
The brave mum continues: “Amy’s death was obviously a huge loss and whenever I talk about her I feel tearful.
“No one should ever have to lose a child. I lost my father at the end of January too and that took a huge toll. I feel there’s a large hole in my family.
“Stress can make the symptoms of MS worse and I do suffer with bouts of depression. This happened both before Amy died and after.
“But what I’ve tried to do is focus my life on the Amy Winehouse Foundation. The charity takes up a lot of my time and it gives me something positive to focus on after all the bad that has happened. I’ve realised how much good I can do.”
Janis’s symptoms first appeared in her early 20s, soon after she gave birth to singer Amy’s big brother Alex.
But Janis is still managing to live a full and active life — as most people with MS do, contrary to popular belief.
Just a quarter of people with the condition are reliant on a wheelchair — despite a new survey by the MS Society finding that a majority of Brits think all sufferers are confined to a chair.
And most who are diagnosed manage to hold down full-time jobs, have families and live busy lives, just like Janis.
Janis and husband Mitch, 60, a taxi driver, went on to have Amy when Janis was 29. There were still few signs of the illness that was to follow.
Beloved daughter ... Janis with Amy
“I couldn’t run a marathon. I can’t go on walking holidays. But normally, as long as I plan everything around MS, then I live a brilliant, active life.
“I won’t let it stop me achieving what I want to. I never have. I want to make my family proud.”
For more info about MS visit msfightback.org.uk. Or for details about the Amy Winehouse Foundation see amywinehousefoundation.org.
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