Who created this site?

This is a site about Multiple Sclerosis and a guy who has it.

Hi. My name is Kevin and I am a guy living in the South-East United States. I have absolutely no medical background whatsoever but I have been living with Multiple Sclerosis for over two decades now so yeah, I am kind of a veteran.

Why is he doing this?

After experiencing difficulty with walking and balance 21 years ago a doctor had me take an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging: the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images) exam. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the preferred test of choice in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Alone, the results of the MRI do not diagnose or exclude multiple sclerosis. An MRI can be performed with an intravenous material called gadolinium, which can show areas of inflammation in multiple sclerosis. The MRI is typically done on the brain, but, it may also be important to obtain MRI of the spine as well.

MRI is an excellent tool for showing the structure of the central nervous system. However, it does not provide any measurement of the function of the nervous system.

Needless to say the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis quickly followed.

Evoked Potentials are tests that do measure function. With evoked potentials, an electrical stimulus is applied outside the body and then recorded at another location as it travels through the nervous system. When demyelination occurs, the speed of the electrical transmission may be reduced or blocked. Evoked Potentials can be used to test vision, hearing, or sensation. Visual Evoked Potentials (VEPs) can be used during the diagnostic evaluation of multiple sclerosis. During this test, blinking lights or a flashing checkerboard are presented to the patient while electrodes on the scalp record electrical activity in the brain. A delay in normal transmission time is suggestive of optic nerve injury which is often seen in multiple sclerosis.

If you are reading this it is because you did a search, found your way here and probably because you, someone you know, someone you are related to, or even someone you love has been told they have Multiple Sclerosis.

It is not the worst thing that will ever happen! But you or whoever it is has got to make some changes in your/their lives and it’s gotta start right now!

Back then my doctor said I would be in a wheelchair in five years. I own one now but I don’t use it much. When I want to get around I use an electric scooter that way I can get off of it and onto a plain chair to sit. I also use a walker when I have the energy.

After the diagnosis years ago I quickly returned to school (while I could still walk) in order to learn how to make a living sitting down – so programming it was and here I am today. So I created this site to hopefully help others make the best of their lives after such a discouraging diagnosis. (It really bummed me out back then.) So now you or they gotta live with it and I am here to offer some advice that may help you or them on their way to a near-normal life as possible. And yeah, Multiple Sclerosis is not gonna kill ya, but you or them gotta make the best startin’ right now! Now I'm not going to make any tall (which the internet is full of) claims here but, if one wants to begin improving their own life eating well and taking vitamin supplements is where to begin.

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