A WOMAN with multiple sclerosis is preparing to throw herself out of a plane to raise funds for the therapy centre in Swindon that has helped her cope with the condition.

Mother-of-three Samantha Mulvey, 33, of Eastrop in Highworth, was diagnosed with MS three years ago and has to inject herself with drugs every day.

She finds walking difficult and now uses crutches, gets tired and sometimes has problems with her vision as well as spasms and pain.

But she said the Swindon MS Therapy Centre has been a great support to her both physically and emotionally and she wants to raise as much money as possible for the charity.

She said: “I only first got in contact with them at the beginning of this year.

“I walked in there with my three-year-old and said ‘I’ve got MS and I’m struggling to come to terms with it’.

“I broke down in tears and Jackie the manager was absolutely amazing.

“It was the first time I had spoken to anyone else with MS. I had been getting down and I just needed to speak to someone who knew what I was going through.”

She now goes to the centre regularly to speak to other people with MS and to use the various therapies they have on offer such as the oxygen therapy tank and pilates classes.

She decided she wanted to raise funds for them and came up with the idea of doing a skydive.

Next Saturday, May 22, she will be throwing herself out of a plane from 15,000ft above Redlands airfield in Wanborough with her brother, Jon Lane, 34, and friends Geraldine Connell, from London, and Andy Sears, who is a butcher in Highworth.

Mrs Mulvey said: “I’m very nervous. I only came out of hospital on Tuesday after a relapse so I’m not in the best of shape.”

But she said she would be spurred on by husband Glen, 39, who will be there watching with their children Daniel, 10, Connor, five and three-year-old Lydia.

Anyone wanting to sponsor Mrs Mulvey can do so at www.virginmoneygiving.com/ samanthamulvey.