Link to an interview with Montel regarding HIS expeience with MS

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http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=53785

For 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 crossing

streets, and if I was careful, that I might live to great old age,

with MS. I was told

about the more severe forms ofthe disease, but was also told that it

was unlikely

that I had a more severe form. I have come to understand that ANY form of MS

CAN and in my situation, HAS gotten worse--but I am still kicking.

I notice that the adds for Prescription Assistance on TV show Montel YEARS

AGO loading boxes of drugs. I just assume that he is more concerned about

keeping the prescription program going than about his own immage.

Marijuana is legal here in California; however obtaining a supply is a serious

problem. One would think that it could be put into a capsule for legal Rx

use! Not for me, though!

I understand the man's having gone for years without a clear diagnosis, as

one does not really " get it " until it hits--which for me was a few years after

I was diagnosed, due to severe optic neuritis; then I got to experience the

RIDE of rotational vertigo!

Cheers to you all,

n, your friendly neighborhood LINK lady. . .