FIGHTING BACK

WHAT the hell is motor neurone disease (MND)? In a nutshell, it’s a debilitating degenerative disease with no cure, yet. The average life expectancy after diagnosis is 27 months – the doctors gave Vic six months. From the MND Association of WA website: “MND is a progressive neurological condition that attacks the motor neurones (nerves). It is the name given to a group of diseases in which the nerve cells (neurones) controlling the muscles that enable us to move, speak, swallow and breathe undergo degeneration and die.”

Every day in Australia, two people are diagnosed and two people die from MND, and MNDA WA is doing its best to help people like Vic through this very difficult time in their lives. If you think you can help, head to mndawa.asn.au and click on the ‘Donate’ link.