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Hollyk

Christian, mother of 6, Executive HR Manager, horse lover

posted 11/04/2009, comments (6)

Antiobiotics and Temporary relief

I have a couple of questions about antibiotics alleviating MS symptoms. I've been on 2 very strong antibiotics (which I know lower my WBC) for about 10 days now. Saturday I started feeling like my old self again (with only a few symptoms still present); I had enough energy to take my children trick or treating around our neighborhood.... Read more Chevron

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KJ

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posted 11/04/2009, comments (8)

Still Not Diagnosed, But Receiving Disability

Though I still have numerous symptoms, multiple lesions, and at least one active lesion - I still have not been diagnosed with MS. My lumbar puncture came back ok. Since the Veterans Administration was not able to come up with a diagnosis or clear reason why I couldn't deploy to Iraq, I am now sitting in a little trailer about 50 miles south of... Read more Chevron

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Vicki

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Writer with Progressive MS and severe Osteoporosis

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posted 11/04/2009, comment (1)

Mobility Aids and MS:Public Transportation and Your Wheelchair

Using a wheelchair, scooter or power chair provides enhanced mobility in and around the house. Sometimes wheelchair users want to go further — across town, across the country or around the world — and the wheelchair has to go, too. Transporting the wheeler and wheelchair is a challenge not met without accommodations. Options are public... Read more Chevron

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Lisa Emrich

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Musician, Patient Advocate, and Founder - Carnival of MS Bloggers

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posted 11/03/2009, comments (13)

MS Can Take a Hike!

Those are words I said in an unguarded moment sometime last month when I was visiting my primary doctor because of bronchitis. I was coughing up a storm, could hardly breathe due to the spasms caused by the irritation in my lungs, and was hacking up the grossest globs of opaque gunk you’ve ever seen come out of a lung. In... Read more Chevron

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Vicki

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Writer with Progressive MS and severe Osteoporosis

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posted 11/02/2009, comments (4)

MS Central Question of the Week

How do we get the money? We all want to hear that an MS cure has been found, and that will happen with the right research. Research takes time but it also takes money. Funds for research are sometimes privately funded and sometimes provided from our taxes. Congress often controls funds provided for medical research, even going so far... Read more Chevron

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