Category Archives: Carers
We are so proud of our young son who cares for us
Carers’ Appeal: ‘We’re so proud of him’
Young Carers, Lisa and Neil Calvert with Poppie-May Simpkins (5) and Callum Britton (9)
“I’M really proud of him. He does a really good job and I don’t know how I’d manage if he wasn’t helping me.”
Lisa Calvert, 38, from Wisbech Road, South Lynn, is cared for by her son, Callum Britton, aged nine. Mrs Calvert suffers with type-2 diabetes, ankylosing spondylitis – a form of inflammatory arthritis in the spine – and depression.
She was also diagnosed with conversion disorder in 2005, a condition in which people experience neurological symptoms such as numbness, blindness, paralysis or fits without a neurological cause.
Dismay over rejection of MS pill trialled in Norwich
This will leave some MS patients with no effective treatment choice.
By KIM BRISCOE, Health correspondent Friday, August 5, 2011
6.30 AM
A mother-of-two who has been taking the first pill to treat multiple sclerosis has told of her “dread” of being without the drug, after it was initially rejected by the medicines watchdog.
“I dread the thought of it not being available to me and this decision makes me sad and cross that it won’t be generally available to anyone else.”
MS patient Amanda Cook
In draft guidance, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) has rejected the drug fingolimod, which has been trialled in Norwich, recommending it is not made freely available to NHS patients in England.
What is it like to hear voices?
Hearing Voices
Mental health professionals usually define hearing voices as a symptom of medical illness. Many people who hear voices are able to live with them and may consider them a positive part of their lives. Many people hear voices but never find them a problem or need to seek help from mental health services.
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