Amy Winehouse's mother: How Botox helped her cope with her MS

By Lucy Elkins

PUBLISHED: 18:37 EST, 19 November 2012 | UPDATED: 11:59 EST, 20 November 2012

'I am a coper. I take each day as it comes,' said Janis Winehouse

Janis Winehouse has had to face more than her fair share of tragedy.

She watched as her singer daughter Amys rise to global superstardom was marred by drink and drug addiction, ending with her death in July last year at the age of 27.

Last year took its toll physically and mentally, she says quietly.

Yet Janis has her own battles to fight.

For more than 30 years she has had multiple sclerosis (MS), and as her daughters life was spiralling out of control, Janiss health was taking a turn for the worse.

Today, her right leg is so stiff she can only limp a few hundred yards at a time.

Her memory is affected and she has also suffered with an overly sensitive bladder an embarrassing and debilitating part of MS, which causes incontinence.

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Amy Winehouse's mother: How Botox helped her cope with her MS