Yes this week is MS Week in the UK. I'm not housebound, I do watch the TV, listen to the radio, read newspapers and the net but I've seen doodley-squat of this anywhere except on the UK MS Soc website. http://www.mssociety.org.uk/get_involved/fundraising/ms_week/index.html

I gave a pluadit today to the MS Soc (http://www.thisisms.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1091) but the MS Week initiative seems to me to be pathetic. Anyone else from the ...

I was diagnosed 13 years ago with MS..my mobility is limited and I use a cane to get around. My neuro and physical therapist felt that a scooter would be benefical for my daily living/social recreation..my health insurance has a denied a pre-authorization submitted by a DME company, their reason being that the scooter "is a transportation devise. It does not treat an illness nor serve a medical purpose. It is useful to a person ...

Hi,

I've been hearing a lot of people recently who claim that having good cardiovascular fitness (i.e. frequent aerobic workouts) actually makes the immune system "healthy" and therefore means that the MS will run a more benign course. Is this true? It seems a bit illogical though. Howcome athletes who exercise regularly everyday still get MS? Howcome some of these athletes, despite remaining active, end up in a wheel chair? Does this not disprove this ...

Are there any treatments for ON other than 4 aminopyridine?

When I was first diagnosed with MS in August of '03, I was stunned but immediately wanted to know everything about MS and MS treatment options. So I immersed myself in MS like most of you did, pretty much all-MS, all the time; constantly seeking information, and always willing to share it.

Learning about MS, for me, was an ongoing project that consumed a lot of my time and some real effort, but it ...

I am recently diagnose with MS. Since my diagnoses I have serveral friends that have been showing some signs. As a matter of a fact there once was a joke between us that if one found out what was wrong then we would all know. I have been doing my own research and this is what I have come up with so far:

1.) We all working at a warehouse where they stored a popular ...

Has anyone tried massage therapy?
If you have, did you find it an effective therapy for any of your symptoms?

Anybody else having trouble sleeping? My neuro is sending me for an overnight sleep study, which I am not looking forward to. Has anybody been through this? Was it of any help?

Apparently this article was in Sundays paper in NZ?? Still trying to track it downand find some more info about it. Has anyone else heard anything about this? And no its not a bad aprll fools joke either :D

NZ Team in MS Breakthrough

(Sunday Star - Times; Wellington, New Zealand)

NEW ZEALAND scientists believe they may have discovered a cure for multiple sclerosis.

Scientists describe ...

5 years ago I had terrible pain throughout my left leg, it was burning, picking, and numb. I could not lift my leg up. My leg has not been right since, and is weak. Anyone had this?