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Entries from October 2008

National Multiple Sclerosis Society Luncheon

October 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Today I went to the local chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Luncheon. It was a 150 dollar per plate lunch but NMSS let broken me go for free. It was pretty interesting for my people watching. I was very under dressed. I would say 75% were in business professional [...]

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Tags: Activism

Carnival of MS Bloggers – Election Edition!

October 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This weeks Carnival of MS Bloggers is all about the Election. My post about health care plans is one of the featured posts.
Be sure to check it out!

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Tags: Blog

Comprehensive primary and preventive care

October 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I heard about this doctors group a little while ago and it sounds so interesting. Qliance Medical Group is a medical practice which does not take insurance. They are kind of like your local gym but without a contract. You pay a 99 dollar fee to register with them and then a [...]

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Tags: Doctor Visits

The Doctors

October 24th, 2008 · No Comments

There is a new show called The Doctors. It is from Dr. Phil and his son. Anyway, I am and always have been a bit of a medical geek so I decided to start Tivoing it. There are four doctors which discuss medical related topics in a 1 hour show on Monday [...]

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Tags: Blog

Oh the media…

October 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

It was reported today that Multiple Sclerosis can be cured (like bacon!) with the help of a known cancer medication. The problem is, this medications job is to stop your immune system. As you can imagine, this might cause some problems. In fact, one person has died during this trial. I wrote [...]

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Tags: Research · Treatment

I don’t have MS?

October 20th, 2008 · 11 Comments

I have been getting some very interest comments from Ruby over on my Spinal MRI blog entry. I first made the mistake of calling my highly educated doctors “dudes”. I didn’t realize at the time that some anonymous internet person was diagnosing me and that I should reply in a highly [...]

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Tags: Newly Diagnosed

I voted!

October 19th, 2008 · 6 Comments

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Tags: Activism

6th month checkup

October 19th, 2008 · 6 Comments

I noticed someone found my blog by googling the cost of MS. I think we all know the cost of MS is huge. The question is were they asking about the cost in financial, emotional or physical terms. I decided I would show the cost of MS for the 6 months in [...]

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Tags: Insurance · Newly Diagnosed · Treatment

Gratitude with Attitude

October 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Ms Lisa over at Brass and Ivory has given me the Gratitude with Attitude award.

I would like to pass this on to:
A Stellarlife
Living! with MS
Brass and Ivory (Can I pass it back to Lisa? )
My Journey: Living well with MS
And for a non-MS one:
Moving’ Meat An ER doctor with some very amusing stories.
I would [...]

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Tags: Blog

This is pure genius.

October 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Obama roasting McCain:

McCain roasting Obama:

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Tags: Activism