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By msandme1954 Wednesday, March 18, 2009

I'm not too sure I know what I'm doing.I hope I get this right.I've got so many things to talk about, so many questions that maybe someone might have an answer for. Here goes. Does anyone in the pittsburgh area know of a good neurologist that specializes in Ms. If this works I'll return to ask more,and tell more.Thank you in advanceSmile

having trouble with site
3/18/09 5:14pm

Your blog went through! I dont know of a MS specialist in Pittsburgh. I went to a really good one at the Cleveland Clinic. Are you recently diagnosed? Im new to this site too. Im new to MS as well. This site has been very helpful and informative and just to know Im not alone is reassurring. Karen

3/18/09 7:59pm

Welcome ladies.  I do not live in your area, but I am sure that someone reading this post does and will put good information out there for you.  You are not alone.  There are so many of us out here with MS.  This is a wonderful site, with great, people, great information, and just plain old great reading.  Just remember you will be fine, MS is not the end, it is just the beginning to another world.  Welcome!  Sherry/SmomdukesKiss

3/18/09 8:51pm

Thanks It is great to know we arent alone and you are so right it is not the end of the world..I thought that when I was first dx. I am now looking at it as a new chapter in my life. Everything happens for a reason!

3/18/09 9:30pm

Thank you  so much, I used to go on the menningioma mommas site which was very helpful and encouraging when I was going through that period in my life. I think I've another site here that will be just as rewarding? Don;t know if that was the correct word to use, but it just seemed right.It's good to talk with people who just understandSmile

Lisa Emrich, Health Guide
3/19/09 12:10pm

Hi and Welcome.

 

I don't live in the Pittsburgh area, but I did conduct a search for an MS Center in the area which is a member of the Consortium of MS Centers.

 

There were three centers which came up in the search:

 

Allegheny Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Center 412-359-8850 420 East North Avenue Suite 206,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212,
United States University of Pittsburgh MS Center 412-692-4914 3471 Fifth Avenue Suite 810,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213,
United States VA Medical Center - Pittsburgh 412-360-6185 University Drive C, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, 15240, United
States

 

There is also a website/forum on which MS patients give recommendations (or not) for neurologists who specialize in MS.  You can check that out here - MSNeuroRatings.com

 

I looked for feedback on neuros in the Pittsburgh area.  The reviews were mixed.  I would start with the clinics mentioned above.

Lisa Emrich, Health Guide
3/19/09 12:19pm

Sorry, those links for the MS Centers just take you back to the MS Center directory search page.

 

Here are links to appropriate webpages if you want to check them out that way:

Allegheny MS Center

University of Pittsburgh MS Division

 

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By msandme1954— Last Modified: 12/20/10, First Published: 03/18/09