From one ms'er to another

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Fellow MS'er's

I am writing this letter because I just finished reading a fairly new

book about ms. The title is " Alternative Medicine and Multiple

Sclerosis " by Dr. Allan C. Bowlby M.D., PhD.

This is a book describing the various alternatives that are currently

available to ms patients. This would be an excellent book for

someone that knows nothing about ms be it a patient or a doctor.

However, it was extremely disheartening for me because it was written

with such a cautious, careful and indecisive nature. I would venture

to say that it was done in this way to avoid criticism from other

doctors. It is entirely safe and totally non-controversial. The sad

thing is that it does not give any direction either to the patient or

the doctor. It sets out the variables and leaves all decisions in

limbo. If anything it would seem to cause great confusion and lack

of hope.

It is most disturbing to me because great strides are in fact being

accomplished with ms today. Two of the most credible alternative's

being utilized today are not even mentioned and this is a current

book.

They are " The Best Bet Diet " and " Low Dose Naltrexone " .

The bottom line is this...........It appears that we ms'er's must

absolutely take charge of our health and our protocol. The best way

to do this is with ourselves. We must educate ourselves, share this

education with ourselves and educate our doctors as well. We cannot

leave decisions to the doctors alone and we must take an active part

in our care.

We need the doctors but we also must take responsibility for

ourselves. The only way to do that is to be informed. There are a

lot of good and successful things going on with ms. We do in fact

have reason to be optimistic.....more than ever before.

Regards,

Tom

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