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I have never heard MS referred as such.
http://www.helium.com/tm/173390/multiple-sclerosis-often-abbreviated

Hello Cure,
I have heard those terms before, but I thought they were archaic and no longer used. Going back further in time I've read of people getting " creeping paralysis", and I've always assumed they were talking about MS, but I can't be sure,

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Dom

Yes, "disseminated sclerosis" was the term still commonly used in the fifties, according to people old enough to remember. David's mother used to talk in hushed tones about someone housebound with it who lived nearby.

Creeping paralysis was an older term used both for MS and spinal stenosis:
http://www.spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article1423.html

Sarah

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An Itinerary in Light and Shadow Completed Dr Charles Stratton / Dr David Wheldon abx regime for aggressive secondary progressive MS in June 2007, after four years. Still improving with no relapses since starting. Can't run but can paint all day.

Sometimes I have to confess I am sick ( to explain why I can't fry chips for 6 hours at fund raising events, or go skiing etc), and when people really want to know and I really don't want to say, then I tell them "encephalomyelitis disseminata, a rare disease of the central nervous system". This satisfies them and shuts them up at the same time, because it sounds so boring. If people want to know more I can tell them till they get bored.
Also, if I have to tell colleagues about it, I don't want them to think MS with its associations of wheelchair and nursing home, so I keep them happy with the Latin name.

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Bibo ergo sum

i like it!

So do I!

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An Itinerary in Light and Shadow Completed Dr Charles Stratton / Dr David Wheldon abx regime for aggressive secondary progressive MS in June 2007, after four years. Still improving with no relapses since starting. Can't run but can paint all day.