its not as scary as it sounds... all 3 of them have had bad days.. one is in a wheelchair but he's 20+ years from diagnosis and modern treatments have stopped the progress of the disease greatly in recent years..
Bill's cousin once she got past the original issues and onto good meds has done just fine with minimal deterioration in the years since she was diagnosed.. my friend Sherry has done amazingly well.. she's been using an herbal remedy mixed with conventional meds and other then 2 brief setbacks that once she readjusted meds she overcame is still just as active and everything as pre diagnosis and thats been almost 12 years...
There is a lot out there!
-------------------- Dietetics Student (anticipating RD exam in Aug 2010)
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