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Age 61-80
Interview CP22  

Interview CP22

Age at Interview: 69
Sex: Female
Age at Diagnosis: 48
Background: Retired government officer/nursing; married; 2 children, 3 stepchildren.
Brief outline:Multiple sclerosis (1962) with nerve pain since (1983). Treatment: Neuro physiotherapy for MS Waiting for a lignocaine infusion trial. Current medication: gabapentin (stopped since interview).


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Was referred to a health centre on a new scheme set up between primary care and leisure services.

 



I try, on a day to day basis, to get some exercise and we've got a new scheme in this area called Terms, it's a combination thing between Primary Healthcare and Leisure Services, and the physio at the neurological hospital asked my GP to refer me for this and I actually got referred for... they decided the best thing for me was Aquafit and I had to agree to do two sessions a week for 10 weeks. 

I've just completed it and it has helped in that it strengthened my muscles and I had my assessment this morning, as a matter of fact, and my cardio vascular performance has doubled, so that's good. Hasn't done anything for the pain, but when you're in water, it's not so bad, so swimming is a really, really good thing to do.

So it does help the pain when you're in the water?

It helps the pain, yes. Being in warmish water, being in any water. I mean, in Spain I would swim, I've been in Christmas day in the sea. Just being in water seems to have the affect of dulling the pain. But, then it's a funny pain, it's not the same as other pains.
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