Yes there has been but since it is a degenerative illness in most cases there is no "going back". I know with my mom she was diagnosed around 28 years ago and for a good 12 years you couldn't tell a thing except for the occasional attacks every 18 months or so. She is now a virtual quadriplegic that uses a chin joystick to move her wheelchair. Basically because of the unresponsiveness of her body parts they start to "seize up" and no longer function. For each case it is different... kidneys, legs, hands, eyes... and the fact that no signals is getting to them or it is so construed that it causes spasms etc. causes things to just stop working over time.
My mom's quality of life has recently, in the last 5 years, improved due to getting her on medicaid but that was a good 23 years into the illness. She doesn't receive social security or SSI but medicaid does pick up where my dad's insurance let's off. It allows her to go to a vocational training center and an adult day care center during the day so my dad and brother's can go to work and school. It pays for computer training and voice recognition software... yeah my mom has a kick-butt top of the line XPS laptop with like neon lights on it and crap... it is really funny. I started receiving emails from her for the first time ever about 3 months ago and they are like books! I guess I just have seen 2 sides of the story, there are people that have hope and those that don't. You can be in the same situation and having hope can make all the difference. If we had only gotten to him and showed him that there are programs out there to help with the situation that the end would not have been him losing his wife and spending the rest of his life in jail. ok enough with this, I have a product launch today! :-) J.J. On 8/17/07, 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. 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