If you are 70½ years of age of older, there is some important news that we want to share. As we head into year-end charitable giving season, you may be…
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Social Security has issued important new regulations, which will go into effect for applications filed on or after March 27, 2017. At least two of these rules are important for…
“When the doctor said those two words – ‘multiple sclerosis’ – I just wanted to collapse.” Elizabeth Persons has a story that’s familiar to many – an MS diagnosis came…
Like many people living with MS, Patrick Tulley has experienced a variety of symptoms over the years. But the effect MS has had on his walking is what’s had the…
“I knew the minute he walked up the sidewalk. He was the dog for me, the dog of my dreams.” That was Peri Abrahams’ reaction when she first met her…
InforMS: What do we mean by sexual dysfunction and how might multiple sclerosis contribute to it? Pat Kennedy: Sexual dysfunction is a physical change to the way an individual responds…
Jane (not her real name) is a woman who has had MS for nine years and agreed to share her story with us. InforMS: Jane, thank you very much for…
Sexual problems are a common complaint among people with MS. Studies estimate that 40 to 85 percent of women and 50 to 90 percent of men report some type of…
Over the last thirty years, we’ve refined our understanding of MS. With each research study, another dot is added to our picture of the disease. It’s certainly not a straight…
At the Rocky Mountain MS Center we periodically survey people in the MS community to find out what they want from us. A frequent, frustrated response is, “A cure for…
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Pat is a licensed clinical social worker who’s spent most of her career working with MS patients and their families. She largely developed the curriculum and format for the MS Center’s MS 101 classes, and was the longtime editor and primary writer for InforMS Magazine. Pat retired in 2018.