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Multiple Sclerosis and My Life

My father died of Multiple Sclerosis. So did my grandmother.

Now, technically those statements are not true. Doctors will tell you that Multiple Sclerosis is not fatal. And doctors are technically correct.

But the effect of Multiple Sclerosis on both my father and on my grandmother was that they died.

She died of an accidental fall before I was born. I never got to meet her.

My father died of pneumonia, as a complication of hip replacement surgery, necessary as a result of a fall.

So you see, although Multiple Sclerosis was technically not the "cause of death" in either case, they both died of Multiple Sclerosis.

Recently, while searching for appropriate Webrings to join, I encountered the Multiple Sclerosis Webring. I thought I'd join to express my support.

Then I discovered that it isn't a general support Webring. Rather, it is only for websites and web pages that offer something of value related to Multiple Sclerosis: personal stories, information and links to other relevant sites.

So, I withdrew my "application" and began seriously to develop a new page on my site for Multiple Sclerosis.

Because I am "obsessive/compulsive", I didn't just create one page. I ended up creating an entire section of my website. It is one of the sections of which I am most proud.

In September 2000, Yahoo! assimilated the Original WebRing system. The original ringmaster of the Multiple Sclerosis Webring decided to shut it down. At the time it was shut down, it had more than 250 members. Instead, she has created a Yahoo! Club: Unii's Multiple Sclerosis Club. 

Meanwhile, the Multiple Sclerosis Webring has been restarted on RingSurf and I have rejoined that webring.

Though it has no relevance to anything, I found it interesting that the original ringmaster of the Multiple Sclerosis Webring and I share a birthday . . . years apart to be sure, but still shared.

Recently, several people have written me asking about my MS. And their questions and comments made it clear that I wasn't clear. I am not currently diagnosed with MS and have no MS symptoms. I didn't create this section because of any direct personal experience with MS. I created it for my father and grandmother.

Multiple Sclerosis Pages On
James S. Huggins' Refrigerator Door

	The small circle indicates that the site has linked back to these Multiple Sclerosis Pages. The circle links to the page that links back to my site.

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This site was a Medinex Certified Health Site and subscribed to the Medinex Code of Ethics. [NB: These links point to an archive of the actual page which is no longer available. The archive is hosted by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. The assets of Medinex were sold in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy sale in March 2003. The future of the Medinex certification and code of ethics program is uncertain at this time but it is unlikely to continue. I maintain this information for reference.]