Welome Sloth. you made me laugh right out of the shoot, so I love Ya already.

Welcome to all the other newbys, I may have missed. I'm sorry as to the reason you are here, but happy to have the company.

Oh Lordy, I just now figured out that I didn't post on the MS side of the board, but under general...so here I am again to intro.

I have been diagnosed since Sept. 2004 after an astounding sudden bout of ON. I never had any symptoms before that until I looked back and realized that mebbe some of the strange stuff that went on with my body wasn't just from beating it all to hell. Things have gone downhill from there but if I have to have MS, then this is a good time to have it!! I go for my first infusion of Tysabri in THREE days and after waiting since Feb 2005 to get it I say IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!

I am, going to be pretty old soon... I live in Maine, on a lovely spring fed lake.

I like chocolate, whitewater, stars, smoking, drinking, eating and sex... ...not necessarily in that order!

I am tall enough (6'2) but I could stand a few more inches of height to match my weight.

I like to stalk people and I have a victim in mind right now who comes here...shhhhh

Welcome to Neurotalk, RW. So sorry for your DX of MS, but glad you found us. Here you are among friends who hear you and understand.

I hope Tysabri helps you to hold back the monster, until a cure comes along. Oh, and no problem on the stalking. It's a requirement here.

Looking forward to geting to know you.

I introduced myself on the general neurotalk intro, before I figured out what was what.

I'm Greta. Been hanging out at a couple of other messageboards for the last few years. I was dx'd by accident in 2001. Went in with headaches and came out with MS. I have a bunch of lesions, a positive LP, but no symptoms and no exacerbations. I started on a DMD within a year of my surprise dx and the Swank diet a year after that. I'm now 5.5 years into MS and I still have had no MS issues. My only MS symptom is fear of the future/unknown - which I deal with by hanging out at MBs and chatting with others. Good therapy.

I have 3 dogs who are practically perfect in every way. Unless they are busy vomiting on something - in which case, you'll hear me kvetching. 2 10-yr old greyhounds and a 2-yr old pug. They keep me busy and always laughing.

I'm married, but we have no kids at the present time. We are in the process of adopting, but it's a long wait. I'm pretty active - do a lot of walking and am getting more and more into kayaking. Life is good.

I have a mom with SPMS. She was benign for 20 years and then for the last 15 years has steadily gone downhill. Life is hard for her, but she is my inspiration. She doesn't know I have MS - and it's best that way.

I'm really glad to have found this place. It has some old as well as some new friends.

Hi Gerta!

Welcome Greta, glad you could join us.

Your story sounds a little like mine except I'm the Mother with SPMS after 17 yrs of remission and my DD is non symptomatic MS, at the moment.

I'm not going downhill anymore, though, since I've been on LDN. Get your Mommy some, it may help slow her progression.

BTW my Daughter (36) has been on LDN from the beginning.

Thanks Sally - I've been thinking of getting my mom on LDN for awhile but haven't made the effort to pull together the necessary info. Her neuro is super cool and would probably be very open to it so I need to get off the pot. She could use some symptomatic relief.

Welcome Greta! Welcome everyone! Welcome Taffy!

Have some brownies! Your Welcome Wagon of Chocolates will be delivered soon!

Yeah! I get chocolates!!!!

Wow...another intro, how fun! I like this place!

I'm Taffy and I like chocolate and I have Ms.

(tapping fingers on desk)

What is taking that Welcome Wagon so long?

Hi Greta!

Hi Taffy!

Curious is probably taking some time off but I'm sure when she is back there will be chocolate

Did someone say CHOCOLATE?

Welcome Taffy.