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05-29-2009, 07:42 AM
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If Jim's feeling humorous, he'll go into each and every symptom he has or ever had since 1988. He will go on and on until even I am flustered!
 Most people will not walk away because they feel obligated to stay since they asked. It definitely stops them from asking again.  He does this to telemarketers too. He once testified to a telemarketer for over an hour and had the whole office on speaker phone listening. That was pretty cool to watch. They never did call back. 
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05-30-2009, 09:30 AM
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I appreciated Cherie's comment.
Although I don't think I would've said ignorant things to people, my perception of MS was also very inaccurate, prior to doctors considering it as a dx for me. My only knowledge of it was when I did a visit with a pastor once, to a woman with MS who was bed-bound. It's easy for us to expect others to have more knowledge and to educate themselves, but, how much did we know about MS prior to our own personal experiences with it? I acknowledge that, maybe it is easy for me to be positive because I have been fortunate enough not to run into people (either strangers, acquaintances or relatives) who have said ignorant things to me. If I did, I would likely try to educate those who seemed genuinely concerned or interested, and try to end the conversation quickly, but politely, to those who didn't. ~ Faith
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