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KateyB

KateyB

Female, 55 years
NY, United States

KateyB: Sex: F; Data Quality: 1 star; MS: 17 yrs; Primary Progressive; Sensation: Moderate; Overall: Moderate; Cognition: moderate; Vision: moderate; Speech: moderate; Swallowing: mild; Upper limb: moderate; Walking: moderate; See profile

Member since: 03/08
Last updated: 04/28/08

Diagnosis Summary
Onset: Spasticity / Stiffness
First symptom: 07/91
Diagnosis: 12/07

About Me
I recently gave up teaching as a college mathematics professor after 19 years - I couldn't teach at the level I felt my students deserved. It's been over a year but I still miss it terribly. I ignored my symptoms for years: busy mother of two, working and going to college, then taking care of my mother (cancer), and teaching full-time. They were not debilitating episodes, and any of you moms out there know it's easy to ignore yourself when you're busy with family and work. It's a slow progressive type of MS. I love singing, reading science fiction, playing chess, dominoes and cribbage.

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MS Condition

MSRS: 60 (latest: 04/20/08)

Disability: severe; moderate

Relapses: severe; moderate

Weight: 128 lb (latest: 04/20/08)

BMI: obese; overweight; healthy; underweight

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Prescription Drug

Reasons Taken: treat my MS; general health; specific symptom; other

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Physical Therapy

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Lifestyle modification

Symptoms

Primary Symptoms

Severity of Symptoms: none; mild; moderate; severe

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