She proved the doctors wrong

It’s that time of year 🎅🎄

This week's story hit me hard. Sometimes the system works exactly as designed - and that's the problem.

Plus: How to support AIMS this December.

They Said I'd Never Walk Again

Legs numb in 2019. Misdiagnosed for two years. Finally got the MS diagnosis in December 2020.

Tecfidera - bad reaction. Aubagio - failed. Ocrelizumab - seemed promising until October 2021.

That's when the massive relapse hit. Completely paralyzed from the waist down. Stuck in her bedroom for four months.

The rehabilitation hospital doctors were clear: "You won't walk again."

Six months of physiotherapy later, she proved them wrong. She walks now - short distances, with an aid. But she walks.

Here's what breaks my heart: she's still on Ocrelizumab. Still developing new lesions. Still declining.

Three DMTs tried. Three DMTs failed. She fought her way back from paralysis, and the disease is still winning.

Now she's pursuing HSCT. "HSCT will hopefully change my life forever" - her words from her grant application.

If you've tried the medications and they've failed you, if you're watching your mobility slip away despite doing everything "right" - you already know the system isn't built to give you the treatment you need when you need it.

You don't have to accept "this is as good as it gets." You already survived everything that brought you to this moment.

This December: Join the Movement 🎄

Christmas Charity Quiz - This Sunday!

Sunday 21st December at 7pm, we're hosting a Christmas Charity Online Quiz streamed live on Facebook and YouTube. Tickets are £8, the top prize is £150, and every penny goes toward funding more HSCT treatments through AIMS.

It's one evening. Eight pounds. A chance to win, but more importantly, a chance to be part of something that directly helps MS patients access the treatment they need.

Christmas Merch Now Available

Our Christmas range is live at https://www.aimscharity.org/category/xmas - every purchase supports AIMS' work helping MS patients like you access HSCT. Wear something that reminds you what you're fighting for, and fund someone else's fight at the same time.

The MS Big Draw: £1 Every Week

Our weekly lottery is still the most straightforward way to support AIMS consistently. £1 per ticket. £25,000 top prize. Drawn every Saturday at 8pm. Your odds of winning are 1 in 50 - that's 45 times better than the national lottery.

More than the prizes: 60% of every ticket goes directly to AIMS, compared to 28% for the national lottery. That money funds treatment grants, peer support programs, and advocacy work that's helping change how the NHS views HSCT.

Someone wins every week. Either you win money, or another MS patient gets closer to funding their treatment. You can't lose.

We want HSCT to be available to the masses

You got this 👊

- The AIMS Team