Comments on: About http://www.msstrength.com Within every Multiple Sclerosis Patient there Lies an Indomitable Strength. Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:31:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Jen http://www.msstrength.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1251 Jen Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:05:06 +0000 http://msfriend.com/?page_id=2#comment-1251 I'm so glad you're out and working and that you have such a positive attitude, Dreamer (and I also love your screen name ;).) Thank you for reading and much luck to you, although I think your attitude itself will take you far! Jen I’m so glad you’re out and working and that you have such a positive attitude, Dreamer (and I also love your screen name ;) .) Thank you for reading and much luck to you, although I think your attitude itself will take you far!

Jen

]]> By: dreamer http://www.msstrength.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 dreamer Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:04:15 +0000 http://msfriend.com/?page_id=2#comment-1249 Hi Jen, I've enjoyed reading your site. Lots of helpful info. I am a 47 yr old female, recently diagnosed (in October) after having my first(?) episode which started in July (still haven't completely recovered). In hind-sight I most likely had other MS symptoms/issues at various points during my life. I also have osteoarthritis (bone-on-bone) in both knees. However, I am still mobile, still working full-time, and feel I have much to be thankful for in my life. ~dreamer Hi Jen,
I’ve enjoyed reading your site. Lots of helpful info. I am a 47 yr old female, recently diagnosed (in October) after having my first(?) episode which started in July (still haven’t completely recovered). In hind-sight I most likely had other MS symptoms/issues at various points during my life. I also have osteoarthritis (bone-on-bone) in both knees. However, I am still mobile, still working full-time, and feel I have much to be thankful for in my life.

~dreamer

]]> By: Jen http://www.msstrength.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1207 Jen Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:22:01 +0000 http://msfriend.com/?page_id=2#comment-1207 Hi Michelle-- I have worked for NTI (the National Telecommuting Institute), which lists at-home work for people with disabilities. They're out of Boston and they're a non-profit: www.nticentral.org Also: www.alpineaccess.com (has online customer service jobs.) Hope this helps! Jen Hi Michelle–

I have worked for NTI (the National Telecommuting Institute), which lists at-home work for people with disabilities. They’re out of Boston and they’re a non-profit: http://www.nticentral.org

Also: http://www.alpineaccess.com (has online customer service jobs.)

Hope this helps!

Jen

]]> By: Michelle http://www.msstrength.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1206 Michelle Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:20:08 +0000 http://msfriend.com/?page_id=2#comment-1206 hello to you.... do you know of any jobs that I can do at home I have MS hello to you…. do you know of any jobs that I can do at home I have MS

]]> By: Jen http://www.msstrength.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1149 Jen Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:34:05 +0000 http://msfriend.com/?page_id=2#comment-1149 Awww...thanks, Mike :) Jill mentioned you a while back and then I saw your post on FB, so I remembered about you. I'm glad you're enjoying my site and would definitely appreciate your passing the URL along. Let me contact you on FB because I DO actually want to go to an in-person support group. I think it's time! Jen Awww…thanks, Mike :)

Jill mentioned you a while back and then I saw your post on FB, so I remembered about you. I’m glad you’re enjoying my site and would definitely appreciate your passing the URL along. Let me contact you on FB because I DO actually want to go to an in-person support group. I think it’s time!

Jen

]]> By: Mike http://www.msstrength.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1148 Mike Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:31:00 +0000 http://msfriend.com/?page_id=2#comment-1148 This site is great! Thanks for finding me! I belong to an MS group that meets on the 4th Friday of each month and will happily pass your url along! Oh yea the meeting is right in Toms River if you are interested. :-) This site is great! Thanks for finding me! I belong to an MS group that meets on the 4th Friday of each month and will happily pass your url along! Oh yea the meeting is right in Toms River if you are interested. :-)

]]> By: Jen http://www.msstrength.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1109 Jen Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:26:22 +0000 http://msfriend.com/?page_id=2#comment-1109 Thanks for commenting, Bruce. Sounds like you're a "glass half full" kinda person too. Best of luck with your job. "Coming out" can be very scary, but it sounds like your peeps are supportive- GOOD! Thank you also for reading! Jen Thanks for commenting, Bruce. Sounds like you’re a “glass half full” kinda person too. Best of luck with your job. “Coming out” can be very scary, but it sounds like your peeps are supportive- GOOD!

Thank you also for reading!

Jen

]]> By: Bruce http://www.msstrength.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1108 Bruce Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:40:21 +0000 http://msfriend.com/?page_id=2#comment-1108 Hey Jen, I'm part of the minority (males) who was also diagnosed late in life. I'm currently 53 and was diagnosed just before Christmas in 2007. I probably had MS for a much longer period but a serious rollover auto accident back in 2000 and the physical aftermath hid the real cause for a slowly developing limp and my mobility issues. I'm lucky enough to still be working at the same job I have had for over 36 years but am also worried about the future. I came out of the MS closet just before last Christmas to two upper management co-workers and shared my condition with two more this past week. Kudos on your web-site! I have booked marked it and look forward to visiting it regularly as a resource. As my condition changes I am starting to go back in the research mode to educate myself. It's obvious you are a glass half full lady and I believe that helps. My motto which I told my bosses when I shared my condition with themwas... I still had a great head on my shoulders and I could still get across the room when needed... it was just going to take me a little longer in the future. Regards, Bruce Hey Jen,

I’m part of the minority (males) who was also diagnosed late in life. I’m currently 53 and was diagnosed just before Christmas in 2007.

I probably had MS for a much longer period but a serious rollover auto accident back in 2000 and the physical aftermath hid the real cause for a slowly developing limp and my mobility issues.

I’m lucky enough to still be working at the same job I have had for over 36 years but am also worried about the future. I came out of the MS closet just before last Christmas to two upper management co-workers and shared my condition with two more this past week.

Kudos on your web-site! I have booked marked it and look forward to visiting it regularly as a resource. As my condition changes I am starting to go back in the research mode to educate myself.

It’s obvious you are a glass half full lady and I believe that helps. My motto which I told my bosses when I shared my condition with themwas… I still had a great head on my shoulders and I could still get across the room when needed… it was just going to take me a little longer in the future.

Regards,
Bruce

]]> By: Jen http://www.msstrength.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-897 Jen Tue, 05 May 2009 21:07:04 +0000 http://msfriend.com/?page_id=2#comment-897 Hi Suzanne-- Thanks for writing. Hopefully a neurologist at the MS clinic will send you for new MRIs. Yeah, I also have some strange little cyst in my brain (just an "incidental" my neurologist told me. I think its actual name is a "pineal cyst." I think...) It took forever for me to get diagnosed because I had few lesions--- only several on my cervical spinal cord---and I had a bout of Lyme disease which threw everything off. Good luck with the MS clinic. Hopefully they can make sense of all of it. You can look MS Strength up on Facebook: http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/ms_strength/ *****I don't Twitter 'cause I already do enough procrastinating on FB---LOL... Jen Hi Suzanne–

Thanks for writing. Hopefully a neurologist at the MS clinic will send you for new MRIs. Yeah, I also have some strange little cyst in my brain (just an “incidental” my neurologist told me. I think its actual name is a “pineal cyst.” I think…) It took forever for me to get diagnosed because I had few lesions— only several on my cervical spinal cord—and I had a bout of Lyme disease which threw everything off.

Good luck with the MS clinic. Hopefully they can make sense of all of it. You can look MS Strength up on Facebook: http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/ms_strength/

*****I don’t Twitter ’cause I already do enough procrastinating on FB—LOL…

Jen

]]> By: Suzanne http://www.msstrength.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-892 Suzanne Mon, 04 May 2009 23:48:35 +0000 http://msfriend.com/?page_id=2#comment-892 hi jen, i'm on twitter and facebook - how do I follow you at those sites? I have not been diagnosed with MS and have been sick for almost 2 decades. It didn't show up on my spinal tap in 1998 and I will never go through that test again. Nothing has shown up on brain MRIs but I haven't had one of those in about 4 or 5 years. There is a small cystic lesion in the paraverteral region but don't think that's part of MS. When I was younger, I had abnormal EEGs but was never followed up on. I went to the internist today for pre-op visit and he noted that i have nystagmus of the eyes and is sending me to an MS clinic just to shut me up I guess. I have a list of symptoms a mile long that come and go and then reappear again and swear I have MS. Thanks for all the information you've provided so far. Suzanne hi jen,
i’m on twitter and facebook – how do I follow you at those sites? I have not been diagnosed with MS and have been sick for almost 2 decades. It didn’t show up on my spinal tap in 1998 and I will never go through that test again. Nothing has shown up on brain MRIs but I haven’t had one of those in about 4 or 5 years. There is a small cystic lesion in the paraverteral region but don’t think that’s part of MS. When I was younger, I had abnormal EEGs but was never followed up on.

I went to the internist today for pre-op visit and he noted that i have nystagmus of the eyes and is sending me to an MS clinic just to shut me up I guess. I have a list of symptoms a mile long that come and go and then reappear again and swear I have MS.

Thanks for all the information you’ve provided so far.
Suzanne

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