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Status: Member since: 06/09; Last updated: 10/23/09; Last login: 11/07/09

alowry10: Sex: F; Data Quality: 1 star; MS: 11 yrs; Relapsing-Remitting; Sensation: Severe; Overall: Moderate; Cognition: moderate; Vision: none; Speech: moderate; Swallowing: moderate; Upper limb: moderate; Walking: moderate; See profile

alowry10: Female, 50 years; Gainesville, FL

Condition History: Onset: Difficulty Walking; First symptom: 08/98; Diagnosis: 10/99

Profile Activity: 41 Views

About Me: Until age 40, I was very active physically and very connected to my career. Boy did that change! Less than 2 years later, I was diagnosed with MS, resigned from my positions as both Director of Nursing at a hospital and Director of Investigational Drug studies. Though the number of years it took to pick the pieces of my life back up, having lost ability to work, walk, friends lost and relationship collapsing were quite difficult, it has brought me to a point where I know who I am, as opposed to what I do or who I know. In that way, MS has been a blessing. In the process of making new friends

MS Condition

MSRS : 53 latest: 06/05/09

Disability: severe; moderate

Relapses: severe; moderate

Weight : 185 lb latest: 10/23/09

BMI: obese; overweight; healthy; underweight

Treatments

Prescription Drug

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

Symptoms

Primary Symptoms

Severity of Symptoms: none; mild; moderate; severe

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