Tag Archive | "Multiple Sclerosis"

Vote for me at the Neuro Film Festival

Monday, February 6, 2012

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American Academy of Neurology Foundation has created the neuro film festival to raise awareness of brain disorders. One in six people are affected by a neurologic disorder. In order to help people realize why more research is needed to find cures for brain disorders, the Neuro Film Festival was started. The Foundation needs help getting [...]

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Life With Multiple Sclerosis and Disney World

Monday, November 22, 2010

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I would trade my Multiple Sclerosis experience at the drop of a hat, but if I have to weather this storm, I’ll take advantage of the rainbows!  A motorized wheelchair at Disney World is definately a rainbow!  I adopted a four year old girl from my cousin’s foster home. Lilli grew up to be a [...]

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Multiple Sclerosis: Walking Update: Sep 1, 2010

Friday, September 24, 2010

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I’m a woman of faith, a friend of Jesus Christ, I serve others… And I’m not walking without a walker! (I know that you Louise Hay followers – I’m one of them – are saying, “If you keep saying you can’t walk without a walker you’ll always be stuck there.” – just know, I’m only [...]

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Multiple Sclerosis: It’s All In Your Mind

Saturday, August 21, 2010

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Multiple Sclerosis is an eventful experience. It is in your mind ~ literally. It is all in the central nervous system.  As you know, MS is an auto-immune disease. The immune system, which is supposed to be attacking any disease, instead attacks the protective coating of the nerves. With enough attacks, the protective coating is gone and [...]

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Keep On Keeping On with Multiple Sclerosis: Walking Update: August 1, 2010

Sunday, August 1, 2010

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Time flies! I’m so grateful that I have this accountability with my new-found friends online. It is much easier keeping on with multiple Sclerosis when I have friends tracking my progress! Creating these movies helps me see where I am, it gives me a purpose to keep on! I have to stay focused on hope [...]

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Define Our New Reality

Saturday, July 17, 2010

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A childhood friend, Mysti Palmer found me on Facebook the other day and we had a wonderful reunion online!  She told me of her friend that was recently diagnosed with Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. Talking to Tom made me remember where I was back in Jun 2005. It was then that I realized I had to [...]

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New Compound for Multiple Sclerosis – Prokarin

Thursday, July 8, 2010

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Elaine Delack works on a new compound that seems to show promising results in the treatment of the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis!Two years ago I went through a test-study at Johns Hopkins. You can listen to my story. The test drug was actually a chemo, Cytoxan. The Cytoxan annihilated my immune system which had been [...]

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Walking Update: July 1, 2010 – DON’T STOP EXERCISING!

Thursday, July 1, 2010

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I didn’t plan on it! I wanted to exercise! I didn’t mean to stop exercising! So many things got in the way! Excuses are like armpits, everyone’s got ‘em and they stink! As far as walking goes, I’m in the same place I was last month what a surprise- I’ve done the same things. What’s [...]

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As you wish!

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

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As visitors came to see me when I was sick, in bed, my friends would start to talk about their significant experiences, and then they’d interrupt themselves saying, I’m here to listen to you! You don’t want me to do all the talking! On the contrary! I was so sick of thinking about Multiple Sclerosis, [...]

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Walking Update: June 1, 2010

Thursday, June 3, 2010

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I’m having a blast online! I am still learning so much!! I have found many new friends! I am so blessed! As far as my health goes, everyday I run the gamut, I feel weak, strong, clear-headed, foggy, spacey, coordinated, walking (without a cane, very slowly), walking needing a walker. Honestly, my ‘up-date movie’ shows it [...]

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