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Patient Support Programs for People with MS

Posted on: June 14th, 2016 by Stephanie Buxhoeveden
Category: About MS, Managing MS, MS Resources, MS Treatments

If you receive care at an MS Center, chances are you have already gotten to know the nurses. What some people don’t realize is that you also have a team of MS nurses through the pharmaceutical company that manufactures your disease modifying treatment (DMT).

Disease Modifying Drugs for Multiple Sclerosis

Posted on: February 13th, 2015 by MS HOPE Staff
Category: About MS, Managing MS, MS Resources, MS Treatments

Twenty years ago, there were absolutely no treatments available for multiple sclerosis. The outlook for those diagnosed was grim. Fast forward to 2015 and there are now, thankfully, twelve disease modifying drugs and much…

Peeing in Public: A Tale of MS and UTI

Posted on: October 22nd, 2013 by admin
Category: Managing MS

To pee or not to pee? Or where to pee? Or how to pee? Do I pee my pants, effectively ending my day before it’s begun? Or do I walk to the end of the…

An Ode To My Neurologist

Posted on: September 4th, 2013 by admin
Category: Managing MS, Stories of Hope

Pursuing my own “cure” for self-diagnosed MS left me disabled. Finally giving in and transitioning from self-treatment to having a neurologist, vitamin prescriptions, and diet therapy wasn’t easy, but it…

From Reiki to Reality: How I Learned to Appreciate Western Medicine

Posted on: July 16th, 2013 by admin
Category: Managing MS, Stories of Hope

In 2011, after 30 years of being pretty sure I had multiple sclerosis, I finally found a doctor. My sensible cousin from Wisconsin congratulated me, telling me that the trick to managing a chronic disease was to find a doctor you felt you could trust, and then…