If you're going to have ms, now is the time to have it...??
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:47 am
Hi guys,
I was recently on the phone to the ms society in my state getting info on meds and talking to the social worker.
The social worker sounded almost excited and told me that if anyone is going to have ms that now is the time to have it ...thanks but i'd rather not.
I have heard this said before when i was in hospital getting a dose of iv steroids by the neuro there. It seems that because we have some meds available now that were not available 10 years ago that it's seen as being a disease that may not be as severe as what it once was. Because ms is now "treatable".
Do you think this optimism is misguided?
I realise that there is more info available now than there probably ever has been in regards to supplements, diet, excercise, meds etc to possibly help this illness, how do other people feel about the new ms generation that may be on one of the crabs....do you think threre will be new statistics in regards to disease progression and disability in the future?
Do you think disability further down the track MAY be less in years to come compared to what it is now?
I know this is another crystal ball question as most of my questions are but i can't help but wonder if there could be more positive outcomes, milder disease courses and less worse case scenarios with this disease for those who take one of the crabs. ( I know that others who take nothing could end up just as good and some who take meds may not be so well ).
Of course it would make me very happy to know that these things could be possible but i'm just ridiculously optimistic sometimes ... what do you think?
Elly
I was recently on the phone to the ms society in my state getting info on meds and talking to the social worker.
The social worker sounded almost excited and told me that if anyone is going to have ms that now is the time to have it ...thanks but i'd rather not.
I have heard this said before when i was in hospital getting a dose of iv steroids by the neuro there. It seems that because we have some meds available now that were not available 10 years ago that it's seen as being a disease that may not be as severe as what it once was. Because ms is now "treatable".
Do you think this optimism is misguided?
I realise that there is more info available now than there probably ever has been in regards to supplements, diet, excercise, meds etc to possibly help this illness, how do other people feel about the new ms generation that may be on one of the crabs....do you think threre will be new statistics in regards to disease progression and disability in the future?
Do you think disability further down the track MAY be less in years to come compared to what it is now?
I know this is another crystal ball question as most of my questions are but i can't help but wonder if there could be more positive outcomes, milder disease courses and less worse case scenarios with this disease for those who take one of the crabs. ( I know that others who take nothing could end up just as good and some who take meds may not be so well ).
Of course it would make me very happy to know that these things could be possible but i'm just ridiculously optimistic sometimes ... what do you think?
Elly