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Hi guys, Just want to make it clear I am not suggesting a therapist replaces a good friend, rather you have the option of either or both and sometimes the perspective and neutrality of using a therapist can help in ways that friends may find more difficult for the very fact they love and care for yo...

Tony said Make you research – how many international funds and charity organizations ‘hang’ on developing countries, you will be shocked to know how much money they have. With respect Tony you no more no my background than I know yours. I have made my research and know a reasonable amount about phar...

This is a very emotional issue, understandably so. I agree Tony that you would not go to Ford demanding or expecting a free car but there is surely a distinction to be made here for a number of reasons. The first being that your analogy is comparing a consumer product that you may want but do not ne...

Beyond MS, I am sorry to hear you are going through tough times at the moment and glad that you are sharing this with the board and that you are keeping going with your job hunting. No you may not walk better after therapy but it may well help you deal better with negative things in your life. It is...

- manchester DMD could not protect from relapse taken during remission, the idea of using this drug 'discovery' was to fool cellular component of immune responce DURING relapse (at the beginning of drug making), and therefore to limit 'agressive attack' of T-cells. During remission cells couldn't g...

Thanks for you excellent and lucid interpretation Tony. A question for you concerning inflammation and that is do you think the DMD's provide a level (at least for some people) of modulation that is enough to stop the damage done by the immune system but not so much that they may have a worsening af...

Dietary intake of monosodium glutamate, hydrolysed vegetable protein or aspartame are synergistic, (in other words, sub-toxic intake of more than one can still lead to toxic amounts), and can all raise glutamate. Normally, they will raise serum levels but not brain levels, however, I can't help won...

-finn 1. Yes, myelin damage comes first. Hi Tony, I am interested in and would like to learn more regarding your reasoning as to why Myelin damage comes first. I have been following current research that suggests either 1)axonal loss may be separate (at least some of the time) from myelin damage an...

Bob, This article are the nearest I can get to finding applicable information http://www2.healthtalk.com/go/multiple-sclerosis/ask-the-doctor/content/getting-older-hitting-a-plateau It is saying as people get older there is less active disease but continued slow progression. All it means is that the...

Hi Elly, I have heard this too but I don't think it is such a optimistic scenario is it may first appear. The doc may be referring to the fact a lot of people do plateau eventually and at that stage may see no further progression. Sure, this could be interpreted as MS having run it course, however, ...

as I put it to Manchester or Finn recently, "It's beginning to look as if we ALL have PPMS". Not exactly a definitive answer, I know, but it's the best this "mature" brain can come up with right now :) Dom. Yep, I understand exactly what you mean, we do all have PPMS in that sen...

TonyJegs wrote:All MS patients have elevated sympathetic activity, so they prone to have tachycardias.

Don't worry, it rarely leads to serious cardiac complications, just do everything on a slower side.

Kind regards,
Tony

Really? All people with MS???


Manchester

Hi Jana, The shared solutions website says Shared Solutions® representatives can be reached by calling 1-800-887-8100, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (CT). MS-certified nurses are available after these hours for more urgent needs. Best thing would be to call the number and ask to...

Do you truly feel Manchester that you could do something to bring it on? Not sure what sense you mean Robbie? If you mean do I think that my behaviour in some way can make the MS worse then on a very basic level of too much stress, catching the flu, not taking care of myself then possibly it might ...

Doctors are not god, they don't know for sure what the outcome will be for anyone, however, a good MS specialist will be able to make an educated guess to the possible course from a combination of your medical history, the MRI findings-where the lesions are located, type of symptoms you experience e...