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posted 09/29/2008, comments (2)

positive thinking?

About a week after being diagnosed(it took two years to get that diagnosis) with atypical multiple sclerosis that acts just like primary progressive ms, my sister-in-law called me. At this point in the disease I was going down hill faster than olympic skier Bode Miller racing for gold. I was glad to have a diagnosis, glad to have a group of docs... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/26/2008, comment (1)

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and the Economy (RIP)

“Throwing the kitchen sink” at any clinical problem an MS patient might have is sometimes "generally justified" based upon our high tech world of testing gadgetry and sophisticated immunomodulators combined with the devastating threat of the disease. I actually can trace my career in medicine back to the day when there were... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/26/2008, comments (2)

Look Ma, No Legs

Some of my best thinking is done in the shower. There's just something about the peace and the warmth and the flowing water that conveys my thoughts along unfettered, as if they were paper boats in a stream. The trouble is, once I get out of the shower, my thoughts stay in and I am left aware only that I had enjoyed just moments ago... Read more Chevron

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Merely Me

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posted 09/25/2008, comments (17)

What Is It Like to Take Oral Prednisone?

I was recently prescribed oral Prednisone to deal with an MS exacerbation and I wanted to tell you all about my experience. What is Prednisone? Prednisone is part of a class of drugs called corticosteroids which also includes Methylprednisolone, and dexamethasone. Corticosteroids are... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/22/2008, comments (12)

The Multiple Sclerosis Tapestry: A series of interviews with people whose lives are affected by MS

Multiple Sclerosis is often described as an invisible disease due to the fact that so many of the symptoms are unseen by the public eye. It would be difficult, if not impossible, for anyone to identify all the people in their community who have MS. Although our disease is considered to be invisible, it doesn't mean we... Read more Chevron

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