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April Message Board Forum of the
Month:
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APRIL IS THE TIME TO GET MOVING!
Share your exercise plans here, big or small. Tell us
how you stay active.
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New Life on Cripple
Creek
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"My Service Dog is
Better-Behaved Than Your Honor Student", April's offering from
Dean Kramer, concerns a trip to the supermarket. To read it Click
Here.
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The
Cleveland Clinic's Free Health Chat
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The Cleveland Clinic's Mellen
Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Treatment is hosting a
free online health chat.
Date: Monday, April
6th
Time: Noon to 1 PM
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New Message Board
Forum
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The Message Board now has a
forum for parents who have MS, or who have children with MS,
or both. If this describes your situation, check it out.
Connect with others who share your
concerns.
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Get the Scoop with MS Perspectives™ Magazine
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This excellent publication is available in
both electronic and paper formats. A subscription is
FREE!
The features are well-written, easily
understood and very informative. Not your typical MS
magazine, it presents information relevant to the perspective
of we who live with
MS.
In the pages of MS Perspectives™, you’ll find
articles about how to manage your disease and its symptoms
(like fatigue), the latest theories about what causes MS, tips
on how to get the most from the treatments and devices you’re
prescribed, and how to live as full and normal a life as
possible. It is hoped that learning more about MS
and
the many advances health care practitioners have made
in understanding and treating this disease will help you to
better manage the course of your own
illness.
If you have MS you need all the well-researched,
valid information you can
get.
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New to our Chat Rooms and Message
Boards?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please take a few
minutes to read our Terms of Use and Guidelines
for
chat and message boards. Click
Here
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MAGAZINE
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Send your submissions to LivingMSEditors@msworld.org
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A Friendly Reminder to All Members from
MSWorld
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At MSWorld we strive to protect
to the privacy and security of our members but we need your
help, too.
While you are welcome to post
your personal e-mail and contact information in your profile,
be aware that such information is available to all registered
MSWorld members.
If you want to
be safe from any unwanted contact, please DO NOT reveal your personal
e-mail address in your
profile.
And, as always, do not post
personal contact information in your chat or message
board posts.
Be smart, stay secure, and enjoy
your MSWorld experience.
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Special Announcement for College Students
with MS
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The College Kids Chat sponsored by the
Central New England NMSS chapter is open
and welcomes those from ANY college. So no matter where you
attend school, you can find others to share with on Tuesdays
at 7 PM ET in
the College Kids Chat
Room.
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Chat Schedules
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The MSWorld
chat rooms are open 24/7. All chats are recorded, including
private Person-to-Person chats, 24/7 and reviewed. The
following are hosted chats. All times are ET unless
noted.
MSWorld Chat
Schedule
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NOTE CHANGES FOR
THIS CHAT
Beginning November 5th,
2008 and then once a month on Wednesday 9 PM:
MSParents with Dr. David Rintell for Parents with
Children with MS ONLY in the MSParents Chatroom. To get a
date for and to join this chat send an e-mail to Dr. Rintell.
He will send you log-on instructions and answer any questions
you might have. drintell@partners.org.
Sunday 8 PM: (first Sunday of each
month) For Teens Only contact Dr. Rintell for log-on
information.
Parental
permission
is required. drintell@partners.org.
| Day/Time (ET) |
Chat
Name |
Hosts |
|
Sunday 8 PM
|
At Home |
CharOP &
SciOP |
| Monday 7
PM |
Talkin' Teens
Chat |
contact JoyceCOC@MSWorld.org |
|
Monday 8 PM
|
Monday Night
Kick-Off |
FishOP &
StoicOP |
| Tuesday 1
PM |
SPMS&PPMS |
FishOP |
| Tuesday 8
PM |
MS Light |
CharOP &
PamOP |
| Wednesday 11
AM |
Cyber
Cafe |
PeachOP &
GGOP |
| Wednesday 1
PM |
SP/PPMS |
PeachOP |
| Wednesday 8
PM |
Caregivers
Chat |
GazOP/Rotating
Co-Host |
| Wednesday 8
PM |
Newly
Diagnosed |
RagdollOP&
CindyOP |
|
Thursday 8
PM |
Family &
Friends |
KenOP/Rotating
Co-Host |
| Friday 8 PM
|
Trivia/Game
Chat |
RagdollOP/Rotating
Co-Host |
| 1st & 3rd
Friday 10 PM |
Nite Owl
Chat |
FishOP/Rotating
Co-Host |
| Saturday 8
PM |
Saturday Nite
Chatters |
SciOP &
CharOP |
|
3rd Saturday/month 11
PM |
Special Edition
Trivia |
RagdollOP |
NMSS Chat
Schedule
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| Day/Time (ET) |
Location |
Host Chapter |
| Tuesday 7
PM |
MSCollegeKids
Room |
Central New England NMSS
All College Students Welcome
Regardless of School Location
|
| Tuesday 8
PM |
MSCarolinas Chat
Room |
Mid-Atlantic/Central&Eastern NC
NMSS |
|
1st Thursday/month
7:30
PM |
National Capital Chat
Room |
National Capital
Chat |
3rd Thursday/month
8
PM |
MSFlorida Chat
Room |
North Florida
NMSS |
| Thursday 8
PM |
MSNYC Chat
Room |
New York
City NMSS |
| Tuesday 11
AM |
MSOhio Chat
Room |
Ohio
NMSS |
| Wednesday 7
PM |
MSOhio Chat
Room |
Ohio
NMSS |
Mon.- Fri.-
10:30 AM
(Central) |
MSWisconsin Chat
Room |
Wisconsin
NMSS |
Monday
7
PM (Central) |
MSWisconsin Chat
Room |
Wisconsin
NMSS | |
