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Vicki

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Writer with Progressive MS and severe Osteoporosis

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posted 11/04/2009, comments (0)

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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Merely Me

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I am a mother, a writer, and now an MS patient

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posted 10/14/2009, comments (6)

Just one more thing!

Hi everyone! Don't worry...I am not one for long goodbyes here but did want to tell you one thing. Miss Vicki Bridges has agreed and with our producer's approval that she will be taking over my question of the week! Yay! I can't wait to see what community discussions she thinks up in the next... Read more Chevron

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Mandy Crest

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MS Blogger and Freelance Writer

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posted 04/15/2009, comments (14)

The "MS Hug" Demystified

Suddenly you feel an intense tightening around your chest, along with pain and a burning sensation. You clutch your chest, awash in fear. If you have never had this experience before, you wonder... is this a heart attack... a panic attack... an asthma attack... and you will definitely want to contact your physician. But if you... Read more Chevron

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Jake Crest

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posted 04/15/2009, comment (1)

Sorrow for our Granddaughters

"Can we talk for a moment?" he asked while waving to me over our backyard fence. I like this guy, a lot. He's quite a bit older than me, but fit as a fiddle. One of those guys who, when you look at him, you cross your fingers and silently hope that you look and feel as good when you're that age. Dropping my rake, happy for the break, I walk to the... Read more Chevron

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