EraseMS Support Board

Xmas Wishes

Rudolph — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:21:10 GMT

Hi Everybody!
You know it's right around the corner and black Friday is soon. I wouldn't dare get out in that crowd. Too much stress. My patience is too thin.
Wish #1 - crowns for teeth
Wish #2 - payoff credit card
Wish #3 - Get the job with US Bank!!!!!!!!!!!
Not necessarily in that order. Oh any ole way is fine!
I keep praying for #3 to God and Granny. I hope they hear me and will help. I've been praying so much I'm sure they're sick of it. Even though the other two are important my future depends on #3.
Keep sending good thoughts. I can hear ya!
Talk Soon
Diana

Here we go again...

Snuff-A-Luff — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:31:51 GMT

Hi Anybody,
Just thought I would type a few words to see if anyone else is still checking in out there?
I know it's been really dead but I still look M-F but not on weekends.
Hope everyone is doing OK.
Same old same old for me.
It's getting colder so I hope you're getting ready for winter.
Talk Soon
Diana

Happy Halloween

Roy — Thur, 29 Oct 2009 18:22:47 GMT

I hope that you all have a Happy Halloween.

Roy

A Holiday Card for You.

http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=1278085437931&source=jl999

Ted Sandy

Drew — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:51:41 GMT

Roy

It nice to hear that Ted And Sandy are still with us.

I haven't the foggiest idea as to what stopped them from participating.

Of course it may be the progression of their MS.

I would rather that they have moved to other sites and MS was not the cause of not hearing from them.

Dental care/teeth

Teeth — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:54:17 GMT

Regarding dental care;

Look for
Schools and/or Colleges and/or Universities that have programs for:

Dental Hygenist
Dental Schools

You can get either free or greatly discounted services.

Back in the day I would go and have my teeth cleaned every 6 months for $5 at a University training dental hygenists and dentists doing their training/residency.

Better than being treated/examinined by medical students.

Those dental programs are very strict.

Ted

Drew — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:40:30 GMT

Roy

My spelling ----s. Even when I spell check I send a word incorrectly. I meant to say Ted was a great sounding board.

The knowledge Ted brought to ERASE MS has left a void that will be hard to fill. Asking Ted a question about MS was just like talking to a Neurologist.
If I'm not mistaken I think Ted and another gentleman were the ones who started ERASE MS.

Do you know what has happened to Ted Or Sandy?
I have Teds phone number but I don't have the nerve to call.

Aminopyridine.

Drew — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:00:28 GMT

On 8/25/09 I asked if anyone here had heard of the Compound It is supposed to help us who have a problem with our gait.

It has some possabale strong side affects. All of which can be read by Goggling 4 Aminopyridine 5 mg. Aminopyridine at present can only to be purchased from a pharmacy that does compounds.

I have been told that perhaps by the end of October the drug Aminopyridine will be FDA approved.
I'm surprised that not one member has any coment about my searching for help in understaning this new drug.

Roy you seem to have the most input at erase ms and I thought you might have been able to provide me with some help with Aminopyridine.
If this 4 aminopyridine is in the stage of FDA approval them maybe it will help us all with our gaits.

I miss Ted.

Hi

Lin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:03:20 GMT

Hi,
been a while since I am on (very busy getting not much done)

I got my regular flu shot in early Sept (8th or 9th).

Wound up sick the last week of Sept/beginning of Oct.

Doc's think maybe is was "a flu"- not sure which (there are many)

No one seems to know whether one should take the "you know which flu" shot or not.

I am a big believer in the seasonal flu shot.

What are your thoughts and ideas?
Have your docs said yes or no or maybe?

sign me:
Curious

ERASEMS.COM

Bubba — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:21:01 GMT

Hey,
What happened to the website?
It shrunk and hard to read anyting.
I'd like to open the page on my screen so it gets larger.
What to do? James?
HELP
Is anyone else having problems?
ByeBye
Di

Diana

Roy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:44:59 GMT

Just wanted to check in and see how your job search is going. For what it worth you know that we all are pulling for you.

Roy

Di's Gran

Lin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:27:49 GMT

Diana,

I am sorry to learn about the death of your Grandma.

From what I remember you saying- she was a very cool person.

Take care.
Lin

Roll Call

Roy — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:06:23 GMT

I'm checking to see who check in here beside me.

Roy

4 aminopyridine

Drew Sutton — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:37:56 GMT

My Nero. suggested I might want to try 4 aminopyridine (5mg) and that it might help me with my walking. I have to use a cane or a walker to get me around. My Nero. did tell me of some of the side affects 4 aminopyridine can cause. Seizes being one side affect.

Has anybody at Erasems heard of this compound?

Veggies

Lin — Thur, 23 Jul 2009 00:58:32 GMT

Hello fellow gardeners

Well, we've had about 30 cherry 'maters; 2 green peppers; AND...
10 ears of CORN!!!!!
(ROY- it is a small garden- don't make fun )

It seems that the "mystery 'maters" (one's that reseeded from last year) are doing better (healthier) than the 6 planted this year.

I am just happy something is growing after all the rain and chill.

Just an fyi.

later,
Lin

Milk and MS

Roy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:20:25 GMT

Here is something that I got off one of my other MS site about Milk and MS. I don't know if anything to it but I thought I pass it along.

Roy

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a common neurological disease, affecting approximately 300,000 Americans. Two-thirds of those diagnosed with MS are women.

Most researchers believe that MS is an auto immune disease. Auto means "self." The body's reaction to a foreign protein is to destroy that antigen-like invader with an antibody. The antibody then turn upon one's own cells. That is an auto-immune response. In the case of MS, the body's response is to attack the outer membrane-protecting nerve cells, or the myelin sheath.

Symptoms of MS include tingling or numbness of the limbs, paralyses, and vision problems. Sometimes MS patients experience slurred speech accompanied by chronic pain.

MS costs approximately $2.5 billion each year in America. MS is found in milk-drinking populations. It is interesting to note that Eskimos and Bantus (50 million living in East Africa) rarely get MS. Neither do those native North and South American Indian or Asian populations that consume no dairy products.

Many physicians have noted a dairy link to MS. Many little clues have been reinforced by one very large clue, just published. Each clue provides a piece of the puzzle.

Norway has the highest rates of milk and dairy consumption in the world. Dr. Ashton F. Embry analyzed geogrphical regions, and provides this dairy clue:

http://www.DIRECT-MS.org/

He writes:

"...In Norway MS is up to five times more common in the inland farming areas than in the relatively nearby coastal fishing areas."

John McDougall, M.D., cites the British medical journal Lancet in pointing out that a diet filled with dairy products has been closely linked to the development of MS. (The Lancet 1974;2:1061)

Dr. Luther Lindner is involved in clinical MS experiments at Texas A & M University College of Medicine. Lindner, a pathologist, writes on his website:

"It might be prudent to limit the intake of milk and milk products..."

A worldwide study published in the journal Neuroepidemiology revealed an association between eating dairy foods (cows milk, butter, and cream) and an increased prevalence of MS. (Neuroepidemiology 1992;11:30412.)

The April 1, 2001 issue of the Journal of Immunology will contain a study linking MS to milk consumption. It has long been established that early exposure to bovine proteins is a trigger for insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Researchers have made that same milk consumption connection to MS.

The July 30, 1992 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine first reported the diabetes auto immune response milk connection:

"Patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus produce antibodies to cow milk proteins that participate in the development of islet dysfunction... Taken as a whole, our findings suggest that an active response in patients with IDDM (to the bovine protein) is a feature of the auto immune response."

In October of 1996, The Lancet reported:

"Antibodies to bovine beta-casein are present in over a third of IDDM patients and relatively non-existent in healthy individuals."

Two months later (December 14, 1996), The Lancet revealed:

"Cow's milk proteins are unique in one respect: in industrialized countries they are the first foreign proteins entering the infant gut, since most formulations for babies are cow milk-based. The first pilot stage of our IDD prevention study found that oral exposure to dairy milk proteins in infancy resulted in both cellular and immune response...this suggests the possible importance of the gut immune system to the pathogenesis of IDD."

THE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS/MILK CONNECTION

Michael Dosch, M.D., and his team of researchers have determined that multiple sclerosis and type I (juvenile) diabetes mellitus are far more closely linked than previously thought. Dosch attributes exposure to cow milk protein as a risk factor in the development of both diseases for people who are genetically susceptible. According to Dosch:

"We found that immunologically, type I diabetes and multiple sclerosis are almost the same - in a test tube you can barely tell the two diseases apart. We found that the autoimmunity was not specific to the organ system affected by the disease. Previously it was thought that in MS autoimmunity would develop in the central nervous system, and in diabetes it would only be found in the pancreas. We found that both tissues are targeted in each disease." (Journal of Immunology, April, 2001)