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Exercise, balance and M.S. by Living well Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) When I exercise, balance exercise is incorporated some type of way. I don't have a problem balancing myself when I'm walking, but when I'm asked to stand on one foot, that's v ... Read on »

Fingolimod by Living well Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) All approved MS medications are given by some type of injection. A co-worker/friend sent me an article about pills that are currently in the works to become available by the e ... Read on »

Co-Pay by Living well Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) My Rebif medication cost is approx. between $3000 - $4000 monthly and my co-pay has always been $45/mo. When I ordered this month, the lady told me that my co-pay was $30. I ... Read on »

Control by Living well Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Control has been a big word in my household lately and I learned early on with this disease that I don't have ANY control with it. It was difficult, but when I went through m ... Read on »

Purpose by Living well Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) There's a book out called a purpose driven life by Rick Warren. For me personally, I thought I had to figure out what my purpose in life was. I had a pretty deep dis ... Read on »

Annual check up by Living well Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) I saw my Neurologist yesterday and my appointment was pretty routine. The Doctor asked me a few questions and asked me what was new with me. On my previous appts. He would get ... Read on »

Faxed to me by Living well Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) I called my Neurologist office again and explained my previos post. Like me, they were frustrated and said they would send it directly to me and I could hand it to them. I wen ... Read on »

Standing Appointment by Living well Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) I'm suppose to give blood every three months so that my Neurologist can monitor my blood with me taking my medication, Rebif. Every time I go, Lab Corp. says they don't have ... Read on »

Sauna by Living well Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) I workout about 4 times a week at two locations for the same health spa. When I go to the location in Mansfield, Tx, I usually go into the infra-red sauna for 30 minutes. I u ... Read on »

Working out by Living well Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) I've been doing really well with my workout plan so far. I've been going to the gym 4 times a week and although I just started, I feel like I'm accompl ... Read on »

Montel Williams on Oprah by Living well Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Montel Williams was diagnosed with MS in 1999 and he went public with it after being threatened to have his illness exposed to the public. Montel was on the Oprah show yester ... Read on »

Smoking and MS by Living well Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) I was reading WebMD and came across an article indicating that smoking at a young age may be a cause of MS. It states that studies were done showing that people who started s ... Read on »

Involved by Living well Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) On one of my earlier postings, I talked about my youngest daughter writing a paper on my experience with M.S. My oldest daughter told me today that she had a class assignment ... Read on »

Scholarship by Living well Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) I received an issue of MS Connection from the Lone Star Chapter in Texas and discovered that The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is accepting applications for a scholarshi ... Read on »

Happy New Year! by Living well Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) It's a new year and one of my new year's resolution (again!) is to create better eating habits. As a person with MS, I wanted to find some guidelines as to how I should go ab ... Read on »

MS and Vertigo by Living well Patient Expert

1 Comment Posted in: Blog Posts in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) I was laying on my bed one evening (I wasn't asleep), I rolled over and noticed I felt dizzy. I closed my eyes for a little bit just to get rid of the dizziness. I recalled th ... Read on »

MS medication: Rebif vs. Avonex by Living well Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Last Saturday, I was speaking with my sister-in-law about MS. Her daughter has it and she lives in the Chicago, IL area. Her daughter recently had a relapse and naturally, my ... Read on »

Multiple Sclerosis and stress by Living well Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) I've been doing research on stress with multiple sclerosis. It's said that multiple sclerosis is triggered by stress and it's also said that exacerbations can be developed in ... Read on »

Multiple Sclerosis...then and now by Living well Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Yesterday was my birthday (11/21/?) and a couple of my college friends called me on a 3-way to say happy birthday (June and Monica)! We had a very pleasant conversation and a ... Read on »

Multiple Sclerosis and optic neuritis by Living well Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) I have mentioned in my previous blog posts that I have lost my eye sight, which is a sign of multiple sclerosis. The proper term of what I experienced is optic neuritis. This ... Read on »

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