Posts tagged “living with MS”

Dance groups at San Pedro Sula Mall in Honduras for WMSD 2012

Kirsty

Posted on August 2nd, 2012

On the 26th May FEMA (“Fundacion Esclerosis Multiple Amor “, The Honduran Multiple Sclerosis Foundation) held an event at the City Mall, in San Pedro Sula to celebrate World MS Day. Throughout the day there were performances from various dance groups, including Grupo Sectur and Oneyda de America and Eliu Perez, who is a patient that has received support from the foundation, gave his testimony. Members also met in the Central Park at San Pedro Sula to help raise funds for the organisation To see the full gallery of photos from the day, and find out more about FEMA visit their facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/FEMA-Honduras/186804408082079 Tweet This Post Share on Facebook

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Tagged: 2012, awareness raising, FEMA., fundraising, Honduras, living with MS, MS, Multiple Sclerosis International Federation, WMSD, WMSD2012, World MS Day

Medical Lectures take place for WMSD 2012 in Iraq

Kirsty

Posted on August 2nd, 2012

The Baghdad MS clinic and teaching hospital in Iraq held three lectures on World MS Day 2012. Around 200 people attended the lectures. The audience included people with multiple sclerosis and their families. Neurologists from the MS clinic provided information about MS and MS treatments. A nurse from the Clinic talked about rehabilitation and healthy living options. Three people living with MS shared their experiences with the audience. During the event the attendees were invited to lunch. The event included a question and answer sessions. A stand was available with leaflets and other informative material. Attendees were presented with an MS ‘training kit’ as a gift. Tweet This Post Share on Facebook

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Giant puppets raise MS awareness in Delhi

robert

Posted on July 5th, 2012

On World MS Day (WMSD) the Delhi Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of India (MSSI) presented a ‘Living with MS’ programme at Jawaharlal Nehru Auditorium. There were over 150 attendees including people living with MS and their families. The conference was chaired by doctors and neurological consultants. Dr. Dashpreet helped raise awareness by answering questions from the audience about multiple sclerosis (MS).

MSSI conference

Later that day a WMSD puppet show was hosted among shoppers at the Select City Walk Mall. The show featured four giant puppets; two birds, a man and a woman. The puppets were used to narrate a story about living with MS. The costumes used in the show were made out of Indian silk.

World MS Day 2012 India

After the puppet show finished the public danced to the live music. This event received attention in several newspapers including the; Deccan Herald, Hindustan Times, Indian Express, Hindu and Pioneer. WMSD Pamphlets were handed out to shoppers in the mall. Bollywood film star Sushma Seth excited the crowd with a special WMSD appearance. The MSSI Committee members and CEO Mr Ram raised awareness by speaking to the public about MS.

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Tagged: Delhi, living with MS, Mr Ram, multiple sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis International Federation, puppet show, Select City Walk Mall, WMSD2012, World MS Day 2012

Noah “40” Shebib: Music producer living with MS

robert

Posted on May 16th, 2012

Noah Shebib, known as “40”, is a Canadian hip-hop producer who lives with multiple sclerosis (MS). He was diagnosed with MS on his 22nd birthday after experiencing strange feelings in his legs: “hot was cold and cold was hot”, he said. Without having pervious knowledge of MS or its symptoms, Shebib thought that MS “sounded intimidating”. Watch Shebib talk about ‘Living with MS’ in his CNN interview in the video below: Shebib’s successful career began as a child actor. He appeared in the ‘Goosebumps’ series and the Canadian Gemini award winning ‘Wind at My Back’. Shebib evolved into a hit music producer through working with his close friend and Grammy nominated rapper and singer Drake. “40” as he’s known by his fans, is spreading awareness…

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The Path to enlightenment

robert

Posted on May 8th, 2012

I hadn’t been living with MS for long, when I began to realise it didn’t play by rules. In fact, it seemed there weren’t many certainties at all. Sometimes this brought good news: the disease might not be very disabling and there could be good, stable periods. But there was no guarantee of this. Soon after my diagnosis in 2010, I began to realise that I wasn’t able to predict what might happen tomorrow or five years from now. Any clear, straightforward path into the future had disappeared. Instead ahead lay changeable, rough terrain in which it was difficult to see far ahead, to know which way to turn for the best, or when danger would hit. And a place in which many of…

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