lifelimiting

Woman, 35, with IBS calls for end to stigma around the condition as she reveals life-limiting impact

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A woman whose irritable bowel syndrome flare-ups are so painful she’s collapsed in agony and felt too scared to leave the house is urging fellow sufferers to seek help and calling for an end to the stigma. Lucy, 35, from the Midlands, has battled the incurable condition for over 10 years and says it’s intensified … Read more

Girl, four, with life-limiting cystic fibrosis gets a ‘wonder drug’ in time for Christmas

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A four-year-old with cystic fibrosis has received the Christmas gift of her dreams – a wonder drug for her crippling condition.  Ayda Louden’s family, from Carlisle, Cumbria, spent years calling for NHS access to Orkambi. It was finally approved in October. The schoolgirl got her first delivery of the life-changing drug, which should extend her life … Read more