Let people tell their own stories.It was unnecessary and insulting to append To add to the end of an existing structure. an afterword af·ter·word n. See epilogue. to Julia Graham's story. A first-person account should stand alone, especially an account of an individual's experience of MS. The statement "Julia is in the minority" seemed to be an attempt to relegate rel·e·gate tr.v. rel·e·gat·ed, rel·e·gat·ing, rel·e·gates 1. To assign to an obscure place, position, or condition. 2. To assign to a particular class or category; classify. See Synonyms at commit. Graham to the far reaches of severe MS. This magazine is for everyone with MS, in all of the disease's manifestations. Assurances like "The majority of people diagnosed with MS do not have severe MS" don't make the disease any less devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. . Kristin Searfoss, Tennessee |
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