There is a lot of promising research going on, we are lucky in that we have a University Hospital about 15 miles away from us with a dedicated MS unit and they tend to be well up on developments, that's were Laura goes for her checkups etc.
On 17/08/07, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Aren't they making big strides against MS? Thought I read about some > promising research a few months ago.... > > A good friend of mine's mom was diagnosed a few years ago with MS, so I > perk > up anytime I see it mentioned in the medical community. > > On 8/17/07, Wayne Putterill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > My wife has MS so I can certainly sympathise, she hasn't had an attack > for > > quite a few years now and to meet her you would not think anything was > > wrong. But we are always aware of the possibility of another attack, > last > > time she practically went blind overnight, the time before she had > > difficulty walking - she is 99% recovered now but who knows what may > > happen > > next time. > > > > At least we will never be in the circumstances that this couple found > > themselves, the medical care she needs will always be available > regardless > > of our financial circumstances. It does seem an odd way of him ending > her > > life though when there would have been so many other "better" ways of > > doing > > it, I wonder if it was a spur of the moment thing where he just cracked > > under the pressure and it was the first thing that came to mind? > > > > On 16/08/07, J.J. Merrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I have to say having a mother who has MS that I can really empathize > > > with this guy. You have no idea what he went through and his state of > > > mind unless you have been there. > > > > > > -J.J. (liberal) > > > > > > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/16/wife.killed.ap/index.html > > > > > > Man kisses ailing wife, hurls her from balcony > > > > > > KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) -- A man threw his seriously ill wife four > > > stories to her death because he could no longer afford to pay for her > > > medical care, prosecutors said in charging him with second-degree > > > murder. > > > > > > According to court documents filed Wednesday in Jackson County Circuit > > > Court, Stanley Reimer walked his wife to the balcony of their > > > apartment and kissed her before throwing her over. > > > > > > The body of Criste Reimer, 47, was found Tuesday night outside the > > > apartment building, near the upscale Country Club Plaza shopping > > > district. > > > > > > Stanley Reimer, 51, was charged Wednesday. He remained jailed on > > > $250,000 bond and was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday. > > > > > > In the probable cause statement filed with the charges, police said > > > Reimer was desperate because he could not pay the bills for his wife's > > > treatment for neurological problems and uterine cancer. > > > > > > Investigators said that Reimer was in the apartment when they arrived. > > > He told them, "She didn't jump," but did not elaborate, they said. > > > > > > Criste Reimer's caregiver told police she could barely walk and would > > > not have been able to climb over the railing of the balcony, according > > > to the probable cause statement. > > > > > > Reimer's alleged motive emerged after several more hours of > > > questioning, police said. > > > > > > According to Jackson County Probate Court records, Criste Reimer had > > > been in ill health for several years. Her weight had fallen to 75 > > > pounds and she was partly blind. > > > > > > According to the court records, she had no health insurance to pay for > > > medical bills that ranged from $700 to $800 per week. > > > > > > The Probate Court documents were filed in April, when Stanley Reimer > > > petitioned to be allowed to sell personal property his wife owned in > > > Wheeler County, Texas, for $20,000. > > > > > > The documents listed her assets at approximately $6,700, with monthly > > > income of $725 from oil royalties and Supplemental Security Income. > > > > > > It was not immediately known if Stanley Reimer had an attorney. > > > > > > -- > > > | J.J. Merrick > > > | Web Application Developer > > > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > | p: 615-866-5068 > > > | http://www.cyber-jay.com > > > | Certified Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240627 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
