Links

Below are a few links that may be handy.  Please email me links to any good MS sites you know so I can add them to the list.  And apologies for the cheap visual pun!  Just realised there’s no joke on this page and in lieu of an MS gag…

Q.  How many people with Alzheimer’s does it take to change a lightbulb?

A.  To get to the other side.

A terrific US blog on MS by Marc, the Wheelchair Kamikaze – www.WheelchairKamikaze.com

And Dave also has one for MSers wanting to stay active – www.ActiveMSers.org

Nicole’s My New Normals blog is friendly, engaging, honest and entertaining – www.MyNewNormals.com.

Kim from Canada has started blogging – nice writing! – http://kim-ontheway.blogspot.com/

Mitch is inspirational while he is ‘enjoying the ride’ – http://www.enjoyingtheride.com/

Judy distills MS into haiku poethry – http://www.lapazconvos.blogspot.com/

Barbie also has a way with poetry, gimp poetry – http://gimppoetry.blogspot.com/

Todd is busy knocking up MS t-shirts – http://www.mstshirts.com/

MS Australia – http://www.msaustralia.org.au/ for news, info, contacts.

MS Research Australia – http://www.msra.org.au/

MS Society – http://www.mssociety.org.au/

MS Readathon – http://www.msreadathon.org.au/

About MS – http://ms.about.com/od/signssymptoms/a/ms_symptoms.htm

For people in wheelchairs who might want to meet up, chat or even house-swap for holidays – http://www.wheelies.net.au.

MS International Foundation – use the National Support tab to find an MS Society that could be handy if travelling – http://www.msif.org/en/.

MS Australia’s Facebook page – http://www.facebook.com/MSAustralia.  

OZ MS Peer Support – http://www.ozms.org

Australians with MS – http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AustralianswithMS-online

Victorian MS Peer Support – http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/mssvpeer

A Chance to Talk – MS Society UK (specific forums for PPMS, young people, carers etc.)http://www.mssociety.org.uk/a_chance_to_talk/index.html

Jooley’s Joint – http://www.mswebpals.org

MS World – http://www.msworld.org

Friends with MS – http://www.friendswithms.com/

Shift MS – for young people affected by MS – http://www.shift.ms/  

This one a general MS overview from a medical tourism company called World Med Assist - Link suggested by students at Green Mountains Central School in Vermont.

To donate to MS Research, you can call 1800 CURE MS (1800 2873 67) or just click here.

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‘My MS’ follows my personal journey with Multiple Sclerosis. Everyone with MS has different circumstances, symptoms and stories. Feel free to share yours via comments or email! MS can be a bit mysterious and it can come with a few myths. Hopefully you will find the blog informative and an enjoyable read!