Feb 11, 2009
Move and Shake Your Way into Combating Multiple Sclerosis
Breakthrough services and resources are being showcased with a jazzy spin to help alleviate the challenges for those living with MS at the Jacksonville Blueprint of MS program.
On Saturday, March 7, 2009, embrace the sights and sounds of the Fablous 50's, Swinging 60's, Disco 70's and Pop 80's while educating yourself on successful ways to make the necessary transitions as MS impacts you or someone close to you. This year's upbeat event, 'Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll: Tackling the issues of Sexual Disfunction, Therapy Options and Balance Disorders," hosted by the North Florida Chapter of the MS Society, will provide fresh ways of tackling this every day challenge.
Ms affects many aspects of relationships with loved ones as resistance to changes brought on by MS can be quite frustrating. The array of presentations and activities provides by leading medical experts at this year's Blueprint of MS event will be hosted at UNF's University Center, from 10:00am to 3:00pm.
This fun and fresh affair filled with food, music and prizes will allow those actively making strides against MS to become more engaged with straegies, treatments and available medicial options to help ease the transitions of living with MS. Registration is free and easy with our on-line service. Please visit our website: http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/Calendar/453098229?view=Detail&id=173312 for additional resources and information. We hopt to see you there with your boogie shoes on!
About Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis interrupts the flow of information between the brain and the body and stops people from moving. Every hour in the United States, someone is newly diagnosed with MS, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with more than twice as many women as men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 400,000 people in the U.S. and 2.5 million worldwide.
About the National MS Society
MS stops people from moving. The National MS Society exists to make sure it doesn’t. We help each person address the challenges of living with MS. In 2006 alone, through our home office and our 50 state network of chapters, we devoted nearly $126 million to programs that enhanced more than one million lives to move us closer to a world free of MS. The Society also invested more than $46 million to support 440 research projects around the world. We are people who want to do something about MS NOW. Join the movement at www.nationalMSsociety.org.
Early and ongoing treatment with an FDA-approved therapy can make a difference for people with multiple sclerosis. Learn about your options by talking to your health care professional and contacting the National MS Society at www.nationalMSsociety.org or 1-800-FIGHT-MS (344-4867).