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by stormcat
Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:17 am
Forum: Daily Life
Topic: Cognitive/Mental symptoms
Replies: 18
Views: 11155

I know exactly what you're talking about, Austin! I'm recovering from another bout of it right now. My onset of MS was really quite bad. Imagine being a graduate student who needs to read and comprehend 100s of pages of thick academic discourse every day only to suddenly not be able to understand th...
by stormcat
Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:07 am
Forum: Mental & Spiritual Health
Topic: MS and Your Pets
Replies: 18
Views: 19161

I got a chocolate Lab puppy soon after I was diagnosed in 2005. He's now a huge 4-year-old weighing in at 90lbs. Although he thinks he's a lap dog. He's my first dog. He's also the furry love of my life, my muse, my source of sanity and my exercise coach. I don't know what I would do without him. ht...
by stormcat
Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: college scholarships, grants, etc...
Replies: 8
Views: 2391

Re: are you AMERICAN????

just wondering because the Americans with Disabilities Act was put in place for people like us... Like any other 'ism', they can always find another legitimate-sounding reason to drop you. Lee, I should have also mentioned yesterday that not all universities/colleges offer medical plans to their st...
by stormcat
Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: college scholarships, grants, etc...
Replies: 8
Views: 2391

Re: college scholarships, grants, etc...

couple questions. first im looking for a search button so i dont have to ask my second question... that being... are there any posts, threads or links to any helpful sites for going back to school? im 30 and cant afford my meds and have no education beyond high school. so i figure getting some degr...
by stormcat
Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:45 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello from Canada
Replies: 6
Views: 2355

Re: Hello from Canada

Hi From Calgary Alberta Canada. My name is Doug, and I was diagnosed in 2006 with Primary Progressive MS. I am interested in finding out more about Dr Marian Simka from poland. Does anyone have any info, or a link to a website for his clinic? [/b] Hello, Doug! I can't answer your question, but I wa...
by stormcat
Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:43 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello!
Replies: 2
Views: 1527

Hello!

Hello everyone. It hadn't really occurred to me to join an MS forum, although I was diagnosed in September 2005. Perhaps I was hopeful that my first attack would be my last... not so. I'm a 37 y/o PhD student with relapsing-remitting. I've had the initial attack and two relapses since being diagnose...

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