update re slurring speech

Wills -lovely girl !
Good Karma across the miles to you !
((hugs)).

Hi wills I was thinking about you this morning and wondering whether you had had the follow up.

Sorry re the diagnosis but you are such a positive person, I think you should change your name to where-there's-a-will-there's-a-way.

and hugs and I can just picture you beaming four weeks from now in those lacy stockings!

Good luck to you. {{hugs}} winging their wat to you. Stay brave.

Sorry to hear about this, Wills. My husband was diagnosed with cerebellar ataxia when he was 60, the slurred speech being one of the signs. We always used to say it was like motor neurone disease, as that's what people know about.
As you say, you just get on with it, as there's nothing you or the doctors can do except monitor it. Speech therapy helps a bit, as it teaches you not to panic.
We were told that most people who have it die of something else as it can be very slow to progress. If it's affecting your handwriting, make sure your new husband has power of attorney for financial affairs. The diagnosis was a relief to him as at least he knew there was a reason for his symptoms.
Do what you want to do now, don't put things off.

I am glad that you have finally got to the bottom of it all and that you can focus your considerable courage on coping with a known situation - a state of indecision, speculation and absence of knowledge is so difficult to handle, and you have dealt with this infinitely trying time with enormous patience.

There are good times ahead - your wedding to your wonderful loyal partner, and fulfilling times with your family and friends, who cannot fail to be inspired by your determination and courage.

I salute you.

Good luck wills and very best wishes for a special wedding day to a wonderful caring man Stay strong and positive

So glad you have your lovely family and fiance to help you through this Wills, I hope you have a really wonderful Wedding Day and the sun shines for you in more ways than one in the months and years ahead.

thank you all so much xx

I'm sorry to hear that wills. Very best wishes for a lovely wedding day with your family around you.

,,,and thank you wills for sharing your strength, determination and positive view for your coming years. Have a marvellous wedding day with friends and family, and I wish you good times ahead with your man. x

Thanks for letting us know. I was wondering. This was presumably on the list of suspects after so many other things had been eliminated, but still a shock for you all. Very best wishes.

Thank you wills for letting us know, I have thought of you often over the last few days.
Good wishes to you and your lovely partner, have a fantastic wedding day.

wills, just want you to know that we are all here holding your hand
Wishing you a wonderful wedding day.

To a very brave lady . Wishing you love and happiness on your wedding day and the years to come x

Wishing you bon courage from across the channel.

So sorry to read that your fears have been confirmed Wills you are a very positive person; an inspiration. Have a wonderful marriage xx

What an amazing, brave lady you are.

Sending you all good wishes wills . You sound like a wonderful person.

willsandco, I wish you and your partner the very best of love, luck and happiness in your future together. Your positivity is a lesson to us all. xx

I have adopted that song from Chumbawanga Tubthumping lyrics:

"I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down!"

I have my wedding to Peter to attend in 27 days time.
and I haven't bought the underwear yet!
For goodness sake - get a move on, WillsandCo!

Thanks, each and everyone of you, for your posts and your lovely comments.

We will crack on with life and deal with it as it comes.

xx

wills&co - what a tough call. Wishing you all the best for the future - keep positive, keep strong.

in the face of adversity - wills&co - what a blow. You seem determined in the face of adversity though but use GN if you need to - we are good at support and hugs to say nothing of

Ignore the first bit of my last post - my laptop is playing silly whatsits!!

For some reason this news escaped me at the time. I am sorry to hear the diagnosis, willsandco. You are showing and have shown great courage and you and your fiancé deserve every happiness together. ((((hugs))))