I write a letter to the writer and to the President and Publisher. Cindy, thank you! Awesome! When I get irriated I tend to talk and write fast. My letter was somewhat long, but I was Pi**ed!

I will attempt to copy and paste. I went earlier and read some more of the comments and got further irritated, so I posted my letter there as well!“


My Letter:



These people”?? Multiple Sclerosis OR Mental Illness??

This story has offended me and many more people with MS. I just can’t help but wonder where the editor was last week? This is the worst type of journalism, pure sensationalism and destructively inaccurate. The author not only didn't bother to research her story, but didn't stop to think that, by not doing so, she would cause pain and even harm to others with MS, and those mainly who are newly diagnosed and read this. The writer, editor, even the President owe the community an apology and a retraction for horrific injustice done to the people living with Multiple Sclerosis and THOSE living with Mental Illness.

While I am so saddened by this family’s story, the two illnesses DO NOT go hand in hand. Who am I, do you ask? I am living with MS. While a lot of people with MS do suffer depression, so do cancer patients and anyone living and suffering with any illness. There may even be those with MS who are bipolar. Did MS cause this? Not exactly. Although it does depends on what part of the brain your lesions are located, MS is an individual disease, no one is affected the same. The drug Mr. Wolf was on, Betaseron is an interferon and all these drugs are known to cause depression in SOME people.

I believe not only did Mr. Wolf’s Neurologist did him an injustice, but so did our legal system! Bed sores from not being equipped to handle people with a debilating disease. Inexcusable!

This story is totally irresponsible! I am sure there are readers who know absolutely nothing about MS except what they read and hear will now automatically assume should meet or hear of someone with MS, they are mentally unstable.

I would also like to ask Ms.Hamon, Editor Jack McElroy and the President, Bruce Hartmann, did you happen to know last month was National MS Awareness Month? Did I see a story about that? Did you know the MS Walk is coming up on April 26th at the World’s Fair Park? Doubtful!

Why don’t you prepare a special about Multiple Sclerosis and talk to everyday people living with this disease and please do your research!

There is a forum called NeuroTalk in which people with MS and other Neurological illness and come and chat and talk to other’s who know how you feel and can get helpful advice. I posted this article tonight and I encourage you to go to the link I am supplying and read the responses.

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread42976.html

I have also forwarded your story to the National MS Society and my physicians.

Best Regards,