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JK Rowling ‘diagnosed’ my MS

In the early spring of 2006, I was trudging along the Edinburgh pavements in harsh sunshine, with my newborn daughter asleep in her pram. The cherry trees were in bloom and the sun was emerging again after a long winter.

My gait had become ungainly in recent months; I often stumbled and waddled slightly, which I’d put down to my recent

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