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garlicfrau

Female, 55 years
Palisades, WA

garlicfrau: Data Quality: 3 stars; MS: 9 yrs; Primary Progressive; Sensation: moderate; Overall: mild; Cognition: mild; Vision: mild; Speech: none; Swallowing: none; Upper limb: severe; Walking: severe; See profile

Member since: 12/07
Last updated: 06/04/08

Diagnosis Summary
Onset: Sensory Changes
First symptom: 04/99
Diagnosis: 08/99

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About Me
I have been a law enforcement officer (6 1/2 yrs), a one-room school teacher (15 years) and a landscaper (2 years) which is what I was doing when I got whammed with MS. I have also held many other interesting jobs, and had a plethora of hobbies--hiking, gardening, cross-country skiing, horseback riding in the mountains, sewing and quilting, cooking, reading, writing and research, just to name a few. Of course, those are all gone now, as I can barely hold a pen. (It does save a lot of money when a person can no longer write a check!) I stay as active as possible now even with MS.

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