Plea for donations from Radcliffe campaigner desperate to walk again

Plea for donations from Radcliffe campaigner desperate to walk again

11:54am Thursday 13th February 2014 in News By Tui Benjamin, Reporter

A BATTLE for the right to walk could become reality for a Radcliffe woman after she campaigned for life-changing surgery usually only offered to children.

Cerebral palsy sufferer Laura Ramsden, aged 33, of Bowker Street, could soon become one of the oldest people in the UK to have a Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR).

The operation reduces tight muscle tone, known as spasticity, by cutting nerves and Laura is now hoping a public appeal will help her pay for expensive after-care treatment.

She said: After this operation I am likely to be pain-free for the first time ever and at the age of 33 should be able to take my first steps all by myself.

I dont really know how to put into words what this would mean it is something that able-bodied people take for granted every day.

My youngest sister is getting married in the summer and I would love to be able to stand with her and the rest of the wedding party for the photographs.

Having discovered the powerful effects of 70-an-hour neuro physiotherapy following a hip operation in 2010, Laura will need to pay for more of this treatment after surgery.

It is not available on the NHS, but in 2011 it helped Laura stand and take steps with a frame.

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