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Exercise This session was presented by Manolis Sfakianakis , a Physiotherapist, from/with MS Therapy Centre Lothian, MS Society Scotland . The aim was to for us to get familiarized with the concept of regular exercise for wellbeing, learn what type of exercise is appropriate for us and to set goals to improve our level of fitness. Easy, obviously. With that we were also helped and guided, in theory, to learn how to develop and maintain potential(!) exercise planning. Again, from scribbles: ·              ‘What is exercise?’ o    ‘Anything requiring energy.’ So most are ok then, by doing something?! Ahem. ·              ‘Why exercise?’ o    This was followed with another group discussion, that lead to plenty of shared input and good ideas/answers from many. ·           ...

Living with MS Edinburgh *This is my bit blog and therefore my thoughts/options * on Living with MS Edinburgh being an information day for anyone affected by MS that I happily attended, and will be more about the day than the travel to and from it ! This event was held in the Sheraton Hotel which was beautifully laid out, in a spacious floor in the hotel with many orange-clad volunteers supporting the 150 attendees. MS Scotland The area in the hotel had been planned well, wasn’t too big or small offering fine accessibility and had plenty of MS stuff throughout! So what was the order of the day, what happened? It began with a welcome from the chair, Mary Douglas from the MS Society Scotland (9:45 – 10:00) welcoming us and touching on what was ahead. Breaking Boundaries in MS Research , was started straight after ( ~ 10:00) by Becky Driscoll. A fairly generic(ish) overview (IMO!) of MS initially, presented very well. The content was detailed and shows/sh...