The pains and dreams of the prisoners of their own bodies. I move my hands, my head, nothing more, says the patient<
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Balance sheet? A year ends in a wheelchair and a new one begins, shrugs Radek Tolde. Grandchildren are the driving force in life. "I want to wait for them," says the man in his fifties from Kněževsi. He squeezes the lever and navigates the electric wheelchair into the common room.
New Year's Eve, nine in the morning. On the floor of the main building of the Home of St. Josefa in Žirč u Kuksu has breakfast, followed by exercises. The staff and the spaces above the chapel shine with kindness. The former Jesuit residence is the only place in the Czech Republic that provides comprehensive rehabilitation for those affected by multiple sclerosis. The disease locked them in the body. They cannot walk, move their hands, speak, swallow... But the head thinks. That hurts more.
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