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Ataxia UK

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I want to go abroad on holiday but need a mobility scooter. Is it better to hire one or take your own? Can you take one on a plane easy?

•11 years ago

Heads up !

I thought I'd try and regain some of the control I'd lost and be the best I could be so I decided to read this book- 'The brain diet' by Alan Logan (see...

I thought I'd try and regain some of the control I'd lost and be the best I coul...

•11 years ago

swimming lessons

My 6 year old has FA and is currently having swimming lessons. He is really struggling with learning to swim and I was wondering if others had experienced...

My 6 year old has FA and is currently having swimming lessons. He is really stru...

•11 years ago

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Audio Books

As I`m spending more and more time sitting around the house, I`ve purchased a MP4-Player for audio books - the eyes are not what they used to be - even with...

As I`m spending more and more time sitting around the house, I`ve purchased a MP...

•11 years ago

Can ataxia sufferers still use their arms?

•11 years ago

Fatigue

I have been prescribed Amantadine for fatigue which I don't find effective and leaves me feeling heavy. I stopped taking this. What medications are you on and...

I have been prescribed Amantadine for fatigue which I don't find effective and l...

•11 years ago

Reduce aches, pains, misery, cramps ...

To reduce my Pain and discomfort I eat as healthily as I can i.e. 75% of my 1 plate per day is dark green, i snack on fruit, bananas reduce cramps, I eat 100%...

To reduce my Pain and discomfort I eat as healthily as I can i.e. 75% of my 1 pl...

•11 years ago

salt

a couple of nights ago i had a really bad night with restless leg,and my doctor had changed the tablets,so at 1 am i went on my p/c and found a website about...

a couple of nights ago i had a really bad night with restless leg,and my doctor ...

•11 years ago

Nausea and Dizziness

I`d been feeling worse than usual at the start of the week - sick as a dog to be honest. The slightest movement would bring a horrible feeling of nausea which...

I`d been feeling worse than usual at the start of the week - sick as a dog to be...

•11 years ago

Moan Rant or what?

Hello everyone Thinking about the title I think this is a moan, sorry. It's just an experience I thought you may like to read. Yesterday with my Husband,...

Hello everyone Thinking about the title I think this is a moan, sorry. It's j...

Volunteer•11 years ago

Just wondering if any of the NIH or other studies produced any results whatsoever?

•11 years ago

Basingstoke Conference, Who Went? What Did You Think? Any Feedback?

It was mentioned to me about the price of the conferences due to the venue cost which i relayed on and is being looked at :)

It was mentioned to me about the price of the conferences due to the venue cost...

Volunteer•11 years ago

Has anyone experienced a sharp ache like pain from their shoulder that stetches right down their arm?

This pain lasted for about an hour. Later in the day I experienced the same kind of pain at the side of my head which seemed to trigger the same pain I had...

This pain lasted for about an hour. Later in the day I experienced the same kind...

•11 years ago

Italy-bound

Has anyone been there recently? Anything I should know about the airport?

Has anyone been there recently? Anything I should know about the airport?

•11 years ago

can any 1 suggest a ataxia groups in west london?????????

•11 years ago

I want to get a very light weight wheelchair that I can load by myelself. Am small 145 lb What kind should I get and where?Hollywood,Calif.

•11 years ago

Can atoxia make you dizzy will in a car, or looking at a computer screen. I am 50 and newly diagnosed.

•11 years ago

Undiagnosed

Hi, I have been trying to get a diagnosis for my problems for18months. It started Dec 2011 I had flu/ chest infection. I won't bore you with all my symptoms...

Hi, I have been trying to get a diagnosis for my problems for18months. It start...

•11 years ago

A wake up call

I don't often get out and about early in the morning. Today I got off to a good start, so decided to do some food shopping. The last stop was Waitrose, the...

I don't often get out and about early in the morning. Today I got off to a good...

•11 years ago

Does anyone go to the Nottingham ataxia support group?

•11 years ago

the best laugh of the day!!!!!!!!

hi all I've never really enjoyed having CA, until today....you see, i'd found and enjoyed a chocolate bar, that i'd forgotten all about. its...

hi all I've never really enjoyed having CA, until today....you see, i'...

•11 years ago

Help re medical retirement

Hi all hope that someone can help, I was diagnosed with CA in my late teens & now after working for over 30 years during which time I was able to manage the...

Hi all hope that someone can help, I was diagnosed with CA in my late teens & n...

•11 years ago

Totally forgot

As the title says, I really did forget. I had to go into hospital rather urgently quite a few days ago - heart scare and all that jazz. Anyway after they...

As the title says, I really did forget. I had to go into hospital rather urgent...

•11 years ago

New invention for those who cannot walk

Check out "Mindwalkers". Read about it in Friday's newspaper. Unclear if its for sale yet. Article says that sci-fi like inventions involving the brain and a...

Check out "Mindwalkers". Read about it in Friday's newspaper. Unclear if its for...

•11 years ago

Has anyone experience muscle loss at an alarming rate

in the last two weeks i have experience an alarming rate of muscle loss in my arms and legs - but mainly in my legs. I do two one hour sessions of physio per...

in the last two weeks i have experience an alarming rate of muscle loss in my ar...

•11 years ago

Tip for stopping choking while drinking

I had the visit from the Speech Therapist and she told me to hold my chin down while drinking, hmmmm, I thought... Anyway I've found that using a travel...

I had the visit from the Speech Therapist and she told me to hold my chin down w...

•11 years ago

Docs appointment

Hi all, I finally had my doc's appointment. She asked my how the 'tremors' were and so I asked her for a pen and piece of paper and tried to sign my name....

Hi all, I finally had my doc's appointment. She asked my how the 'tremors' were...

•11 years ago

I have emphysema and diabetics

I get moterbility and low rate dal I. Have been turned down 3times last time at appeal I did not go I was not up to it my doc wrote letter explaining why I was...

I get moterbility and low rate dal I. Have been turned down 3times last time at ...

•11 years ago

community response

has anyone heard of or know about some form of community based unit that responds to non medical emergencys [falls ect] to vunerable members of the comunity...

has anyone heard of or know about some form of community based unit that respond...

•11 years ago

My very idea. From today's New York Times. Why cant a similar thing be done for some aspect of ataxia??

Device From Israeli Start-Up Gives the Visually Impaired a Way to Read By JOHN MARKOFF Published: June 3, 2013 FACEBOOK TWITTER GOOGLE+ SAVE E-MAIL...

Device From Israeli Start-Up Gives the Visually Impaired a Way to Read By JOHN ...

•11 years ago

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