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Multiple Sclerosis: friends & family experiences

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Multiple Sclerosis: friends & family experiences

Profiles - Friend

Christine

Christine, age 50, works as a medical secretary. She is Caribbean British, single, with no children.

Alice

Alice, age 35, is an interior designer. She is white British, single, with no children. Alice has a deep and continuing friendship with a man who used to be her partner and he's had MS since 1998.

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