Multiple Sclerosis Nurses

I try not to gush too much here in the pages of the Life With Multiple Sclerosis Blog.  Today, however, I am going to drop said restraint and let fly with great admiration for the Multiple Sclerosis Nurses in our lives. So often, I have found, it is my relationship with the staff at my neurologist’s office or at the MS centers I have attended that have been a major factor in my comfort in my choice of one doc or another.  If I were to continue that train of thought, I cannot say enough about the men and woman who have turned their nursing degrees and experience into the passionate specialty of working with people living with multiple sclerosis. Particularly the professionals who have gone so far as the study to become certified into the International Organization of Multiple Sclerosis Nurses, but in general all who have chosen to serve us with their nursing skills are to be commended. When I had to be seen in clinic ever three months for my aggressive MS treatments, it was my MS Nurse Practitioner (another, higher specialty of nursing) whom I saw rather than my doc.  If I recognized an exacerbation, it was an MS Nurse that I’d call to arrange steroid treatments.  When my neurologist had a 6-month waiting list, it was my MS Nurse who could see me in just a few days. Some of you may remember the “Caring Kitchen” video from last autumn.  That entire program was arranged by – you guessed it – an MS Nurse. Many of these professional acquaintances have beco...
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