Chain Reaction: How These Five People Fight MS

Monday, October 19, 2009

How These Five People Fight MS

Here is an excellent new website with some superb bloggers talking about how they live victoriously with MS.

Check it out - http://www.howifightms.info/

4 comments:

Lisa Emrich said...: hehe, you found the new website. I do hope that people enjoy it and gains something from the videos and posts. Some might be put off that it is funded by pharma, but heck, who else is funding this type of stuff?; October 20, 2009
Cathy said...: How ya doing?
these videos are great. I feel like I know them all better.; October 20, 2009
Jen said...: Awww..Thanks, Lanette! Hope you're well, despite your busy schedule. You're encouraging me to get out of my house. RIGHT NOW! Off to the post office :); October 20, 2009
Herrad said...: Hi Lanette,
Came by to say hello and wish you a good Halloween weekend.
Love,
Herrad; November 01, 2009

For those who don't know MS first hand - An Important Excerpt from Wikipedia on MS:

The person with MS can suffer almost any neurological symptom or sign, including changes in sensation (hypoesthesias and paraesthesias), muscle weakness, muscle spasms, or difficulty in moving;^[15] difficulties with coordination and balance (ataxia);^[15] problems in speech (dysarthria) or swallowing (dysphagia),^[16] visual problems (nystagmus, optic neuritis, or diplopia),^[17] fatigue, acute or chronic pain,^[18]^[19] and bladder and bowel difficulties.^[19]^[20] Cognitive impairment of varying degrees and emotional symptoms of depression or unstable mood are also common.^[21]^[22] The main clinical measure of disability progression and symptom severity is the Expanded Disability Status Scale or EDSS.^[23]

Multiple sclerosis relapses are often unpredictable, occurring without warning and without obvious inciting factors. Some attacks, however, are preceded by common triggers. Relapses occur more frequently during spring and summer.^[24] Infections such as the common cold, influenza, or gastroenteritis increase the risk of relapse.^[25]^[26] Stress may also trigger an attack.