Planning The Unpredictable

Stem cell research is always a touchy topic in politics. It’s a complicated topic to. The republicans say they for stem cell research and the democrats say they aren’t. The truth is, there are two types of stem cell research. The republicans are for adult stem cell research. The stem [...]

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Well, color me shocked… another study linking vitamin D to MS:
“The biomarker of vitamin D status was significantly lower in children diagnosed with MS to date,” Hanwell said. “Children diagnosed with MS had lower vitamin D levels than those not diagnosed. Another way of looking at it, as vitamin D status increased, children had a [...]

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I had my summary visit with my wonderful weight management doctor today. I am happy to report that my thyroid is finally stabilized. I think it took about 6-8 months to get the right dose but none the less, I feel so much better.
About 3 months ago I was put on 10,000 IU [...]

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My friend (well technically, my mothers friend) Linda said that for the first three months of her diagnosis she set out to learn everything she could on Multiple Sclerosis. She went to meetings with the local MS chapter to hear about the latest research, she read anything she could find and do what a [...]

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It looks like Navelgazing Midwife took every Vitamin D research article written and summed it up here: http://observantmidwife.blogspot.com/2008/07/vitamin-d-its-role-in-pregnant-women.html
Now granted, she is a midwife so it is more focused on childbirth but still has some excellent information on it. I have told many of a breastfeeding mothers that they should be getting their infants Vitamin [...]

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I think the auto-injector will be easier to use mentally. I don’t have to look at the needle going in or anything. I don’t really like the pop sound it makes but it works ok.
On day 2 and 3 I injected into the upper leg which has been more painful than the stomach. [...]

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Well, the Copaxone prescription is moving along. I received my auto-injector today in the mail. I am not sure I am an auto-injector kind of girl but I will try it. I have a feeling I will like the manual way but we will see. I have no idea how it [...]

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I remember many years ago reading an article in the Seattle Times about a woman who was able to go from using a wheelchair/cane on a daily basis to walking her dog in the park because of pregnancy. I mentioned the article several times to friends and family because its so remarkable. Within [...]

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I have lots of anger. I am not really an angry person but none the less, there is a lot of it. I don’t feel like hanging out with people. I don’t want to talk to people. I just want to be angry. Just let me be angry…
I am angry [...]

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Nearly all people (97 percent) with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have started treatment say their commitment to managing their disease in every way possible is their prime motivation for staying on therapy, according to a new North American survey of people with MS, results of which were released today at the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis [...]

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