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| Rowling's Harry Potter 'regret' | Rowling's Harry Potter 'regret' |
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| Best-selling author JK Rowling has spoken of her regret that she never told her mother about her world-famous creation, Harry Potter. | Best-selling author JK Rowling has spoken of her regret that she never told her mother about her world-famous creation, Harry Potter. |
| She began work on her tales of the apprentice wizard six months before her mother, Anne, died of multiple sclerosis at the age of 45. | She began work on her tales of the apprentice wizard six months before her mother, Anne, died of multiple sclerosis at the age of 45. |
| Rowling's comments came in a BBC Scotland programme about the degenerative disease. | Rowling's comments came in a BBC Scotland programme about the degenerative disease. |
| The writer expressed frustration about a lack of funding for MS research. | The writer expressed frustration about a lack of funding for MS research. |
| Recalling her mother, the Edinburgh-based author said: "I started writing Harry six months before she died. That's obviously a real regret, because I never told her I was even writing it. | Recalling her mother, the Edinburgh-based author said: "I started writing Harry six months before she died. That's obviously a real regret, because I never told her I was even writing it. |
| "She never knew anything about Harry Potter at all." | "She never knew anything about Harry Potter at all." |
| It's a frustration to those of us whose family members do have MS that so little is being done JK Rowling | It's a frustration to those of us whose family members do have MS that so little is being done JK Rowling |
| Speaking of her pain at her mother's gradual decline before her death in 1990, Rowling said: "When I left home, she was walking unaided. By the time I graduated, she was in a wheelchair and in the house she needed a walking frame. | Speaking of her pain at her mother's gradual decline before her death in 1990, Rowling said: "When I left home, she was walking unaided. By the time I graduated, she was in a wheelchair and in the house she needed a walking frame. |
| "It was awful to watch." | "It was awful to watch." |
| Rowling, whose Harry Potter novels have been transformed into a globally successful film series, said her mother had shown marked signs of the illness for six or seven years before she was diagnosed. | Rowling, whose Harry Potter novels have been transformed into a globally successful film series, said her mother had shown marked signs of the illness for six or seven years before she was diagnosed. |
| A numbness in her right arm had spread over half her torso in a year. | A numbness in her right arm had spread over half her torso in a year. |
| In 2006, multi-millionaire Rowling made a major cash donation towards a multiple sclerosis research centre at Edinburgh University to help find a cure. | In 2006, multi-millionaire Rowling made a major cash donation towards a multiple sclerosis research centre at Edinburgh University to help find a cure. |
| She has now hit out at a perceived general lack of funding for, and interest in the condition, which affects about one in every 500 people in Scotland. | She has now hit out at a perceived general lack of funding for, and interest in the condition, which affects about one in every 500 people in Scotland. |
| "It's a Cinderella of illnesses, you hear this all the time, because it's under-funded, because it's ignored," she said. | "It's a Cinderella of illnesses, you hear this all the time, because it's under-funded, because it's ignored," she said. |
| "I think it's possibly common to a lot of neurological conditions. It just seems to be an area that has not seemed very sexy for funding." | "I think it's possibly common to a lot of neurological conditions. It just seems to be an area that has not seemed very sexy for funding." |
| Rowling, patron of the Multiple Sclerosis Society Scotland, added: "People get diagnosed and sent home. It's a frustration to those of us whose family members do have MS that so little is being done, because it is a life-altering condition and a lot can be done now, so why isn't that happening?" | Rowling, patron of the Multiple Sclerosis Society Scotland, added: "People get diagnosed and sent home. It's a frustration to those of us whose family members do have MS that so little is being done, because it is a life-altering condition and a lot can be done now, so why isn't that happening?" |
| Scotland's Hidden Epidemic: The truth about MS, will be broadcast on Wednesday 23 July, on BBC One Scotland at 2245 BST. | Scotland's Hidden Epidemic: The truth about MS, will be broadcast on Wednesday 23 July, on BBC One Scotland at 2245 BST. |