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joycesvoices

Female, 60 years
Evanston, IL

joycesvoices: Data Quality: 3 stars; MS: 28 yrs; Secondary Progressive; Sensation: none; Overall: mild; Cognition: moderate; Vision: mild; Speech: none; Swallowing: mild; Upper limb: moderate; Walking: moderate; See profile

Member since: 06/07
Last updated: 07/30/08

Diagnosis Summary
Onset: Sensory Changes
First symptom: 01/80
Diagnosis: 08/96

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About Me
Doctor tells me I have SPMS although not much disability to date. Loving husband, grown daughter, friends, music, and 2 cats keep me in a positive frame of mind--most of the time. Due to cognitive problems, I had to resign from my job as a G.E.D. teacher. Denial was my response to MS for 28+ years, except for one bout of ON that was too bad to rationalize away. Now that I've had a year to accept the fact that MS really is eating away at my brain, I'm starting to take action and hope to be accepted in a clinical trial.

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