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A good MS neurologist can be hard to find

Searching for a great MS neurologist

A question that’s been bothering me lately is this: It seems that more than a few neurologists have a less than optimal understanding of multiple sclerosis. Why is that?  In my four decades of living with MS, and during the several years I’ve written about my illness, I’ve regularly heard complaints from people with MS that the neurologist they’re seeing just doesn’t seem to have the right stuff. A Reddit…Continue Reading

Another MS checkup is in the chart

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“What can Dr. Crayton help you with today?” I was starting my annual multiple sclerosis checkup with my neurologist, and before I met with her, I got this question from her MS nurse. I was stumped. I’d never been asked that before. I think most people with MS would have a list of things they could rattle off — help me with my bladder problems, suggest a treatment that will…Continue Reading