MS: musings from inside the neurology department waiting room, 21 years later
No one is ever ready to hear what the stranger in front of them has to say. A neurologist examines your MRI and cerebrospinal fluid test results, gazing and thinking. Do they wonder how they will tell you that from this moment on, your life will change—that you’ll need to adapt your lifestyle to include a new, most frustrating illness—that your body has betrayed you?
MS: nineteen reasons to not let go
There's only one you. And you are damn impressive, even when your MRI scan images light up like a Christmas tree.
MS, a cognitive kerfuffle of sorts
Q: "Mmm… where did I hear that before because I know that I know it, only I don't know in which part of my brain I dumped it?" A: "I can't recall, so do forgive the cognitive malpractice of millions of fiery neural explosions lost on pathways made of concrete-coloured brain matter. It's not their fault." Footnote: While I make light of said idiocy in the upstairs chamber, I find it best to address it with a sense of musical humour. Hence, I sing 'Do I know or do I not?' sung on the song 'Should I stay or should I go' by the Clash.
CNS (videos)
MS News: May 2017
2017 Meeting American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Aubagio in people at risk of MS Cladribine Gilenya Lemtrada long-term data Lemtrada and black people Opicinumab Siponimod Importance of early effective treatment NEDA challenged Measuring disease activity in progressive MS Predicting risk of conversion to SPMS Risk factors for MS in children and teenagers
MS News: April 2017
The latest MS news about clinical trials, research, treatments, mental & emotional health, diet and lifestyle, including highlights from Barts MS Blog
MS News: March 2017
Highlight still on American Healthcare Act, the replacement plan for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) released by Congress on March 6, 2017 Society Releases Statement on American Health Care Act National MS Society Urges Lawmakers to Oppose American Health Care Act Reducing Out-of-Pocket Cost Barriers to Specialty Drug Use Under Medicare Part D: Addressing Researchers find patients’ annual financial burden under Medicare Part D is ‘too much too soon’ New book by the honourable American/Irish author and friend Trevis Gleason! Chef Interrupted: Discovering Life’s Second Course in Ireland with Multiple Sclerosis Highlight! Blood Diagnostic Test for Multiple Sclerosis to be Released in May 2017
