Re: Link to an interview with Montel regarding HIS expeience with MS

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This was so wonderful. Going to look for his books today.n Rojas wrote: http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=53785For those interested; it gives a very different impression than does the book.I myself was diagnosed (accurately, alas!) wMS in 1956, when I was 19 years old.I was advised by Roy Swank, M.D. and his successors to look out when crossingstreets, and if I was careful,

that I might live to great old age,with MS. I was toldabout the more severe forms ofthe disease, but was also told that itwas unlikelythat I had a more severe form. I have come to understand that ANY form of MSCAN and in my situation, HAS gotten worse--but I am still kicking.I notice that the adds for Prescription Assistance on TV show Montel YEARSAGO loading boxes of drugs. I just assume that he is more concerned aboutkeeping the prescription program going than about his own immage.Marijuana is legal here in California; however obtaining a supply is a seriousproblem. One would think that it could be put into a capsule for legal Rxuse! Not for me, though!I understand the man's having gone for years without a clear diagnosis, asone does not really "get it" until it hits--which for me was a few years afterI was diagnosed, due to severe optic neuritis; then I got to experience theRIDE of rotational

vertigo!Cheers to you all,n, your friendly neighborhood LINK lady. . . Do you know someone with Multiple Sclerosis? Help find a cure! http://www.nationalmssociety.org/site/PageServer?pagename=HOM_GEN_homepage & amp;s_Affiliate=HOM_GEN_ Join Killeen Barter Trade For Sale at http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/KilleenBarterTradeForSale/

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