My husband was diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy (MD) before our marriage in 1972. At that stage there was no MD Association in Victoria. His cousin who is a General Practitioner advised some Physiotherapy. Since there was no help from MD then — the only one was in WA — we then sought help from Multiple Sclerosis Limited (MS); then known as MS Society. We were at your centre a couple of times and one of your staff came to our house and looked it over to see what support we would need later, as his condition deteriorated.
Thanks to your organisation, I have two rails at the front of the house and two at the back. I have a bar in the shower and one in the bath which certainly helped (when I could use the bath). Now I don’t know what I would do without the bar in the shower and a pole just outside the shower to grasp as I get out.
My husband died in 1984 and he was 48. Thanks to Multiple Sclerosis Limited I have these bars that help improve my quality of life in my older age. I have contributed and supported Multiple Sclerosis Limited financially for many years because they had no reason to help but they did just because they are helpful people.