Planning The Unpredictable

Well, I have obtained my *second* cold of the cold season. Considering this is just the start of the cold season…. I am screwed. Tom is taking good care of me but refuses to come too close. I went to the gym last night but I think I will be taking tonight off. I have [...]

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I started using a new Copaxone prescription and noticed that caps were black instead of blue. I didn’t think too much of it until I noticed that it didn’t hurt as bad. I compared the needles and they were smaller than the blue caps! I had heard that the needles were getting smaller but that [...]

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I found this over at Maybe I’m Just Lazy. Did I miss Multiple Sclerosis Awareness week?? Oh wait, it was before I was diagnosed! March 10-17 of last year.

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Gender has become a dominant factor in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) during the last decades. Already with a ratio of 3.2 to 1 MS is gradually changing into a disease predominantly among women. Since genetic factors can be ruled out as a cause of this gender related increase, scientific attention is on environmental factors that may [...]

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I registered for the MS Walk today. If you are in Seattle and want to register you can go here. I also finished week two of my 6 times a week exercise challenge. Yay! Oh, and I know there are a lot of Seattle folks that read my blog. Would any of you folks be [...]

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Being a bit of a computer nerd, patients like me is kind of up my alley. It is a new idea that sharing information with other patients makes for happier and healthier patients. They believe in the Openess Philosophy which is the complete opposite of all the HIPPA/privacy laws out there: Currently, most healthcare data [...]

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Well, drink all the diet coke you want. Drs. Mike Roizen and Mehmet Oz says the link to Diet Coke is debunked: 3. Diet Coke and MS: The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation has debunked the notion that Diet Coke can cause or worsen multiple sclerosis symptoms. Its verdict is backed up by the Food and Drug [...]

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The MS Walk registration for Seattle starts tomorrow! It is scheduled for April 5 in Seattle starting at Huskey Stadium and going for 4 miles. For more information see here.

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If you caught Oprah the other day, she had the founders of 23andMe on her shot. 23andMe is a company that will look at your DNA to find out your risk and preferences for a number of things. It is done via spit that you send in the mail. 4-6 weeks later your results are [...]

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When I was first diagnosed, I heard a lot of stories how people with other medical conditions just stopped putting up with the crap. If someone was being an ass, instead of dealing with it… they might just say stop being an ass. Cut the the chase. This has never been an issue for me. [...]

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