Re: Re: RE:Count me in :))

[Guest guest]

I have done a lot of oil painting plus stripping furniture and refinishing. Connectioln?

[Guest guest]

Russ, I remember the smell of paint thinner well But from only a semester at college in the seventies. I spend more time with: drawing, water colors, sculpting, jewery making, I love acrylic painting and make pottery. I have spent a great deal of time instructing in sheltered work shops around people with various disabilities. I see no link.

There is also no family history of MS ever. I remain puzzeled! Have a great day and God bless you and your. CU Joanne L.

Re: [low dose naltrexone] RE:Count me in )> >> >> > For what its worth...I am artistic too. Play guitar, sang in the choir> > that backed up Celine Dion when she first started touring back in mid> > ninties when she came to Edmonton (it was our church choir). Used to> > draw faces of people and am trying to get into an painting class in> > the> > spring. Haven't lost interest in alot of things due to this illness> > which Im now trying to revive. It would be interesting if there was a> > connection to all this and MS. Must be the personality type???> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >

[Guest guest]

Hi Russ,

I have a friend with ms that used to run an auto body shop. He swears his

ms is due to inhaling all the paint and solvent fumes. I think there is a

lot to it. When I was 18 I used to spray paint cars on the General Motors

assembly line.

Regards,

Tom

P.S. FSBO ....good work!

Re: [low dose naltrexone] RE:Count me in )

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> > For what its worth...I am artistic too. Play guitar, sang in the

choir

> > that backed up Celine Dion when she first started touring back in

mid

> > ninties when she came to Edmonton (it was our church choir). Used

to

> > draw faces of people and am trying to get into an painting class

in

> > the

> > spring. Haven't lost interest in alot of things due to this

illness

> > which Im now trying to revive. It would be interesting if there

was a

> > connection to all this and MS. Must be the personality type???

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[Guest guest]

Russ...I remember as a child finding mercury (probably from a

thermometer) and with some other siblings, just played with it in my

hands for a while...it was fun. So innocent we were. None of my

siblings have MS though and my brother Jon played with it the most (he

always hogged the toys).

We just painted 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms in our house (with the help

of wonderful friends - cause we are selling) and it being winter here;

we were only able to open windows for a short time. The paint doesn't

smell strong but the nose cant always detect harmful things. Everyday

I wonder what noxious vapors am I inhaling from the carpet, pressboard,

paint and whatever else goes into making a house (9 yrs old).

Also got fiber glass insulation all over me once at about 4-5 yrs of

age when my Dad was doing some building in northern Ontario. It was

hot out that day and it stuck to the sweat. It felt very uncomfortable

but no one really panicked. Its amazing any of us over 40 survived

childhood! Not to mention the leaded paint they used back

then.....yikes!

Kathy

On 12-Dec-04, at 11:11 AM, Russ Miles wrote:

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> Kathy, JT, Joanne, and other artists in this LDN group:)))

> I thought it might be relivant to mention that there are some that

> suggest paint thinner(mineral spirits) is one of chemicals which

> might be responsible for causing MS. I used to have 55 gallon drums

> of regular and " Oderless " paint thinner which I pumped into art

> students and teachers(oil painting) one gallon refill cans. Probably,

> 4 out of 5 times each day, for seven years, I overfload it onto my

> hands wanting to make sure their cans were full. LOL The class rooms

> were like paint booths, with the smell of thinner so strong that I

> banned smoking to make sure the classes didn't blow up. LOL The

> students and teachers would come out into the main store to smoke and

> clear their heads doing the three hour long classes. Many complained

> of getting headaches. I wonder now, how many of them have MS?

> Russ:))

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> > > In response to your revive message below:

> > > Kathy, I feel that Art, in its various forms, is a basic gift that

> > >  we are each born with. That we are endowed by our Creator with

> > >  talents we are to slow down and develop. Maybe MS is the great

> > >  slow~downer? LOL. We certainly have time to reflect, and

> interests to

> > >  revive. I would never gotten time to get back to writing songs or

> > >  anything else but doing real estate business had I not been

> impacted

> > >  by this dread disease. God is Good!

> > >

> > >  I am glad that you are rekindeling your inspirations, putting

> your

> > >  faith into action. Gosh, I wish I had learned to play guitar. My

> Red

> > >  Haring charactor in my FSBO novel does. I have a song that he

> > >  allegidly wrote and performs in the novel, that a female vocalist

> > >  could do. Its called " Truck Drivers and Salesmen. " Perhaps, you

> could

> > >  get Celine Dion to record it and I will be discovered. I'll

> donate

> > > ALL of my proceeds from this song to fund an LDN Research study. I

> > >  was told by one writer, who proof read my novel, " Russ, your

> book is

> > >  good, but your songs are great! Don't ever SELL them. Their

> worth a

> > >  lot more money than what you'll ever earn from a novel. "

> ly, I

> > >  don't have a clue as to how to market them. Any ideas,Kathy, or

> > >  others? I don't mind posting the copywrited song here, but this

> is

> > > rather way off subject ~unless we consider the funding of MS & LDN

> > > research. I don't want to offend others or detract from the

> porpose

> > >  of this wonderful group.

> > > Russ:))

> > >

> > >

> > > From:  Kathy Huget <etna@s...>

> > > Date:  Sat Dec 11, 2004  12:19 pm

> > >  Subject:  Re: [low dose naltrexone] RE:Count me in )

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> > >

> > > For what its worth...I am artistic too. Play guitar, sang in the

> choir

> > > that backed up Celine Dion when she first started touring back in

> mid

> > > ninties when she came to Edmonton (it was our church choir). Used

> to

> > > draw faces of people and am trying to get into an painting class

> in

> > >  the

> > > spring. Haven't lost interest in alot of things due to this

> illness

> > > which Im now trying to revive. It would be interesting if there

> was a

> > > connection to all this and MS. Must be the personality type???

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