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I heard today that Richard has MS. I don't have any words that can make it "ok" or "funny". Just that it makes my heart heavy. I'm sorry. (I also have MS) From looking at your website, I also realize that you love animals. Good for you. You're more amazing than I have previously thought. But my question is, have you looked into "service dogs"?? (or maybe I didn't delve deep enough into your forums). Doctors, medicine, are all good, but the love of a good dog is the worlds best medicine.

I meant to login before I posted... sorry... I started this post. I'm such an idiot. pfft

airice,

I watched this documentary recently and they were saying that "bee sting therapy" was actaully very successful in treating the symptoms of M.S. Something in the venom of the bee causes the coating of the nerves to heal, or something to that extent. This lady has a following of people that come to her house and she has thousands of bees. She takes them one by one, with a set of tweezers, and stings the patient a few times. They swore by it and claimed that without it, their lives would be much worse. Weird but true.

Jermane S,
I didn't see the documentary, and I hope that it does help, but from what I understand, it helps the symptoms of the muscle spasms of MS. Luckily, I don't have spasms so unfortunatly, the bee sting stuff wouldn't be something for me. Plus, I HATE bees and I don't think I could do it anyway. eeewwwww.... just gives me chills thinking about it.

so MS sux....Richard, I'm sorry that you have to endure this crap. But it doesn't affect humor, laughter or love. But I have a "Disabled" license plate on my jeep now. It's amazing the self proclaimed police that I run into when I park. Just because I'm not in a wheel chair, I get scream at. I've come up with a few responses.. but I wouldn't mind if I had something different than "who the fuck are you???? the crippled police?""
geeze..

airice,
I have a handicap card also and had on many time had to explain that I have MS and most dumbshits say"you dont look sick" Then trying to expalin takes way too much of my time. Bee sting? pass. avonex once a week injected

msfyter,
it'll be a cold day in hell before I waste my time explaining myself to any stranger in a parking lot as to why I get the nice blue spot. I just wish it wasn't against the law to deckum. I"m just trying to come up with some quip that will make them feel like shit and show them up to be the jerk that they really are. If I didn't need to park there, I wouldn't damnit!! They must think that I've won some sort of award for having MS. I'd like them to cough up the price of my perscriptions let alone take the injection daily like I do.

Jermane S,
One of my first neuro's did a lot of research on bee stings. He said not only did they do nothing, they could be dangerous because you can become allergic to bees at any time with no rhyme or reason. I definitely don't want to try it...I don't even want to do the****shots that I take-LOL!

cbrodie13,
The bee thingie, I"m not going to fall for that one. But I'd like to see some real progress. I bet if the perscripts were free, there'd be a cure quick. The pharmacutical industry is making bank at our expense and all I want is to be free of this disease. What's next with stem cell research now that Bush is in control?

airice,
Sad to say with Bush in office there won't be much with stem cell research. I think also that most if not all research that is done with MS is geared toward relapsing remitting. There needs to be more done in the area of progressive MS. There are interferons and chemos that help RRMS, but nothing at all for those with progressive forms which is total crap. Hopefully some day scientists will wake up and research all types.