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Mandy Crest

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posted 02/23/2009, comments (5)

MS Fears in the darkness of night

Larry King, when interviewing the late Christopher Reeve, asked, “Do you think about walking?”Reeve replied, “Oh, absolutely. You know, as a matter of fact, in my dreams -- I have never been disabled in my dreams, so my subconscious insists that I am whole, and I follow my subconscious.”Our minds and our bodies, while... Read more Chevron

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Jake Crest

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posted 02/12/2009, comments (3)

What Goes Up Must Come Down

It was just a few weeks ago that I looked at my wife, Mandy, and asked with some trepidation, "I don't mean to sound crazy, but are you SURE that you've still got Multiple Sclerosis?" Hope, it seems, springs eternal and although I consider myself a pragmatist, I still fall victim to its seductions. Mandy looked at me quizzically, and said... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/09/2009, comments (2)

The low down on Low Dose Naltrexone

Low dose naltrexone (LDN), has been reported by some patients to relieve the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Naltrexone, approved by the FDA in 1984, was originally intended to assist heroin and opium addicts in breaking their addictions by blocking the “high” these drugs provided, thereby reducing the desire for recreational drugs.... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/03/2009, comments (2)

MS Got You Down -- Visit Twitterville

During the past month, my wife, Mandy and I have made some new friends. Friends with names like @thepaintingdude and @mike2mb. Although the chances of us ever having a face to face meeting with them are pretty slim, we know a lot about them. Using a phrase that is getting more and more use today, we 'found them on the Internet.'How we found these... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/02/2009, comments (17)

Reason to Rejoice - Research Breakthrough Reverses MS Disability

What a story! For the very first time, disability has been reversed in patients in the early stages of multiple sclerosis. Let's just take a moment to let that soak in. Disability has not only been halted, it has actually been reversed!Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system. In patients with MS, the immune system mistakenly... Read more Chevron

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