Progressive MS.In 1996 I was diagnosed with primary-progressive MS. This spring my new neurologist Neurologist A doctor who specializes in disorders of the brain and central nervous system. Mentioned in: Cervical Disk Disease neurologist a specialist in neurology. disagreed and said that I have ALS Als (äls), Ger. Alsen, island, 121 sq mi (313 sq km), Sønderjylland co., S Denmark, in the Lille Bælt, separated from the mainland by the narrow Alensund. . At this time I am confused and need to see her again. My problem with the National MS Society is that it doesn't does·n't Contraction of does not. appear to recognize anything but relapsing-remitting Relapsing-remitting A pattern of symptoms of multiple sclerosis in which symptomatic attacks occur that last 24 hours or more, followed by complete or almost complete improvement. Mentioned in: Multiple Sclerosis MS. In the typical issue of InsideMS, primary-progressive MS gets an occasional passing mention, as though we should know that it exists, but nothing more. If I do have primary-progressive MS, I get no help for it since it represents only a minor fraction of whatever MS is and gets little to no attention or research. Robert Robert, Henry Martyn 1837-1923. American army engineer and parliamentary authority. He designed the defenses for Washington, D.C., during the Civil War and later wrote Robert's Rules of Order (1876). Noun 1. W. Gage, New Mexico Gage is a former town in western Luna County, New Mexico. It is found on Interstate 10/U.S. Route 70 twenty miles west of Deming. As of 1930, the population was 102. For some time, it survived as a ghost town, but the ruins have now been razed. A truck stop is all that remains. We make an effort to balance every issue of the magazine with articles that apply to people with MS regardless of the type, as well as to report on progress for progressive MS whenever it occurs. Our April-May 2006 issue, available online at national mssociety.org/IMSApr06Contents.asp, contained a first-person account of living with progressive MS, along with a practical overview and reviews of seven books of particular use to people living with severe and/or progressive MS. The National MS Society is determined to speed the pace of research on the progressive forms of MS. For instance, money earmarked for repair of the nervous system in MS is aimed largely to help people who live with the progressive forms of the disease. For links to articles, booklets, and current research relative to progressive MS, please visit nationalmssociety.org/ progressiveMS.--The Editor. |
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