In
the midst of a spring snow storm, 100 people arrived at the Copetown Community
Centre for the 1st Ever MS Recovery Roundtable.
This Recovery Roundtable was
designed to begin to inform the general public, and the research
community, that centuries of history, research, and anecdotal evidence,
hold a simple solution
for what has become a complicated problem.
Dr Michel Rathbone,
Professor of Medicine McMaster University, (Neurology, Neuroscience,
Neuropharmacology) shared his research involving ways to enhance
recovery of function in the nervous
system. His slides were graphic proof of repair of damage
in the central nervous system.
Dr Neil McCartney, Chair
of Kinesiology, McMaster University, has applied his PhD in
Medical Science to research &
service programs for people with physical disabilities. He
described his research that has changed the way cardiac rehabilitation
is conducted world
wide. His work on ageing and neuromuscular disorders has guided a new approach
to the prevention
and rehabilitation of degenerative disease states.
Maggie Hambly shared
stories of the benefits of physiotherapy from her long career
as Home Care Physiotherapist.
Maggie agrees with Dr McCartney that, "We must use it, or
lose it!"
Patricia Mandy, VP Patient
Services, HHS and site administrator McMaster University
Medical Centre was unavoidably
detained by the storm. Her remarks will be added to a video/DVD
of highlights of the day.
In the video sent by Dr
Mary Bartlett Bunge, features of destruction, and repair, of damage
to myelin were clearly visible
in photos of electron microscope slides. This
work by Mary Bunge, was the first published on demyelination and remyelination
in large mammals
(biological class that include humans) and was published as her PhD
thesis in 1959. A reference
to her later post-doctoral work can be found here.
Eva Marsh who has lived
with the symptoms of multiple sclerosis since the age of 8,
shared her excitement at finding
the work of Mary Bunge after diagnosis in 1967. She described
how this work explained her recovery, and, gave assurance that she would
always be able to recover. Marsh
devotes all her energy to sharing this vital information so
that others may resume living
as they choose. Now 60, she was wearing her black patent
leather high heel shoes, and moved
easily through the day.
This MS Recovery Roundtable
was funded by Zonta International Hamilton II, Ms Joanna
Taylor, Drumbo, Copetown and Rockton
Lions Clubs, and members of the communities of Copetown,
Dundas, Troy, Burlington, Puslinch, Rockton and Lynden.
Every day that Eva Marsh lives
well, and active, she works to carry the real hope of
recovery to others. This Recovery
Roundtable will open a possibility for wellness that is immediately,
and economically, available. Research will prove its veracity.
Gledhill & Harrison, Demyelination
& Remyelination After Acute Spinal Cord Compression, Exp Neurol
38:472-487, 1973.
and
Achiron et al, Open Controlled
Therapeutic Trial of Intravenous Immune Globulin in Relapsing-remitting
Multiple Sclerosis, Arch Neurol 43:1233-1236.
Please return originals to
Eva Marsh
Box 46 COPETOWN ON
L0R 1J0
Due
to death of Pope John Paul XXIII, wedding arrangements for Prince Charles,
and severe winter weather stories, there was no media report.
Interesting
References on repair of myelin
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