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[AdventurerKat]

A friend of mine sent me a link to this petition today to cover all forms of MS injectible medications via medicare. It surprised me that they were not covered.

I live in the Northwest, where MS seems to be more widespread than other areas of the US. I am 33 years old and have had THREE friends diagnosed with MS in the last ten years. I don't have alot of friends so to have three with MS is pretty horrible odds. These medications are essential to their well being and to think some might not be covered iif they ever had to go on medicare because of their health is awful.

If you have a moment, I plead with you, please go and sign this petition. It will only take a second. I don't know if it will do anything but those medications aren't cheap and if it can possibly help, its worth it.

Thank you!

http://www.petitiononline.com/mc7620gt/

 

[AdventurerKat]

bump

 

[FreshTressa]

That is so funny, DH and I were just talking about the high rate of MS up here. It has me kind of freaked out!

 

[worm761]

i signed. i really hope that this helps. my father was diagnosed with MS 20yrs ago.

 

[Maleficent2]

glad to help out.


Mal

 

[off2disney]

I signed, I was number 465th signature. I don't have it but I have a nephew that does.

 

[Melora]

My ex lives in WA and his wifes nephew has it.

 

[honeywolf7]

My mom has it.

 

[Lanshark]

My mom was diagnosed when she was 21. That was in 1957. I was born in 1960. She had a very progressive case and died from complications when she was 38. There weren't many options for treatment back then. I often wonder if she would have had a better chance today. I didn't realize that there were more cases diagnosed in the East. We lived in Indiana. Do they give any reason for the increased number of cases?

 

[honeywolf7]

My mom also told me when she told me 2 years ago that she'd been diagnosed that if you live north of whatever the parallel between Virginia and North Carolina is up to age 15, you're more likely to get it. I don't know why that is or if it's just some sort of weird correlational study, but that's what she read and what her doctor told her. I had asked her if it was hereditary (not b/c I was afraid I might get it.....my first fear was that one of my kids might get it.)

 

[Talking Hands]

Originally posted by AdventurerKat
I live in the Northwest, where MS seems to be more widespread than other areas of the US. http://www.petitiononline.com/mc7620gt/

I don't know about that. We had 5 cases in my old church here in Miami, 2 of them preachers wives. Seems that the Miami area has an large number of cases.

 

[Lanshark]

According to the MS Society if you are the daughter or sister of a person diagnosed with MS you have a 50% greater chance of getting the disease. The general population chance is 1 in 100 so in my case it would be 2 in 100.

 

[binny]

signed and passed on.