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Warpy

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2. Bad news: it's incurable. Good news: it's treatable

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 05:47 PM

Mar 2013

It's one of those diseases that waxes and wanes, so be really careful of quackery. Quacks love MS and all the autoimmune diseases, they keep them in mink.

There are new treatments all the time so there's a lot of hope out there. Treatments out there now increase the time between flareups and that increases the time between diagnosis and disability.

I've worked with RNs with MS. They were able to keep up with the rest of us between flareups.

In other words, don't go shopping for that wheel chair just yet. You might not ever need it.

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Turns out I have Multiple Sclerosis, not GBS or CIDP. Well, at least I have a diagnosis now. [View all] LiberalLoner Mar 2013 OP

Maintenance therapy can stop the autoimmune attacks Downwinder Mar 2013 #1

Bad news: it's incurable. Good news: it's treatable Warpy Mar 2013 #2

Thanks u guys! It feels good to have a diagnosis finally because LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #3

You might not need the full walker, it's a PIA to deal with Warpy Mar 2013 #4

Went through that "It's all in your head bit" for twenty years. Downwinder Mar 2013 #5

I get "free" healthcare via the military, so no worries about cost. LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #10

Lost the feeling in one hand, couldn't find the hand Downwinder Mar 2013 #11

Well Said ProfessorGAC Mar 2013 #12

Good luck to you deek Mar 2013 #6

Thank you! LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #9

I am new here nana sew dear Mar 2013 #7

Thank you so much! I am a vet, was in the first Gulf War LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #8

Update: Saw neuros (team of 4) on Thursday and.. LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #13

I dignosed myself via the internet and the symptoms I was having back in '97 benld74 Apr 2013 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author ProfessorGAC Apr 2013 #15