Multiple Sclerosis - Smiling & Hurting is the story of Dorothy M. Mitchell. Born in a small Yorkshire village just before World War II, she remembers vividly being in the air raid shelter as enemy bombs rained down on nearby Bradford and Leeds, the night sky red from fires burning below in the cities, and the sound of aircraft above very frightening.
She started work in a cotton mill at the age of 14 before moving to Evesham in Worcestershire at the age of 16 with her parents. She married at 18, has two sons and seven grandchildren. Dorothy was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at the age of 37, suffering many relapses, and a few near nervous breakdowns.
