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 Did you know that most people who get MS are not only women but they are between the ages of 20 and 40 at the time of diagnosis? Women between the ages of 20 and 40 are also the same women who are becoming moms. It is because of this that Kristin Bennett created this site along with the Moms With MS Online Community to bring moms with multiple sclerosis together. Many moms are busy with their kids, some are unable to drive to events put on for other people with MS, and keeping the community online gives a way for moms to support each other through the joys and sorrows of parenting with MS. 
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This past weekend, my husband and I attended a ‘round-table’ discussion with the National MS Society… to have an open dialogue with the MS Society regarding what the MS Community felt was needed – and ideas on what could be done to help the community as a whole. What a good time we had! Before . . . → Read More: Involved or Committed? I’ve been asked me to consider starting a new local-support group. As I look at the support groups we currently have in this area, the big thing that jumps out at me is that they are lacking a group that will allow a place for the kids to play during the meeting (I know that . . . → Read More: Support Group Thoughts Today I had to do something that I never thought I would. I sent my husband (at work) a 4-letter word message. Just 4 letters. At a point where I didn’t know what else to do – scared to no end – the world around me spinning faster than I could handle – and the . . . → Read More: 4 Letter Words One of the first things I was told by other MSers was that I needed to become my own “Patient Advocate”. My first step was to look that up & figure out exactly what they meant by that. Well – the dictionary says that an advocate is to speak or plead for or argue in . . . → Read More: Need to be my own Patient Advocate? They say “don’t cry over spilled milk”… but what about spilled beans? Some time ago we were sitting down for dinner and I was walking around the table with one of those Pyrex bowls in my left-hand – serving black beans to my girls to go along with our dinner. One muscle spasm later, the . . . → Read More: Crying over spilled beans… Ask anyone anywhere & they can likely tell you that October is not only Halloween for the kiddos – but Breast Cancer Awareness month… how can you miss it, right? – with all the pink inundating us nearly everywhere we go. I bet even little tykes could tell you that October colors are ‘orange, black, . . . → Read More: October My name is Kristie Lee. I’m 32 – married & have 3 children (4, 11, 17). We live in the Sacramento Valley area of Northern California. Both my husband and I are fortunate that we are able to work full time and still have a lot of time with our children every day. I was . . . → Read More: Haunted Houses |
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