Always energetic - hockey at school, badminton, swimming - Sue Pepper
didn't realise something was going wrong with her body until her late
thirties when periods of tiredness became unusually long. Symptoms began
to include muscle spasms and pins and needles in her limbs forcing her
to give up her passion for badminton and restricting her to line judging
at major tournaments. Sue Pepper's autobiographical telling of the onset
of multiple sclerosis and living with the consequences is at once
inspiring and yet at the same time frustrating as gradually her powers
of mobility are reduced. With the onset of a disease like MS the nature
of friendships and work relationships have to be re-evaluated and
wholesale changes must be faced in life. For fellow sufferers of MS, Sue
Pepper's story is one of courage as she adapts to her limitations and
successfully takes her swimming to the level of the National
Championships.