This site is dedicated to the memory of Charles A. McCrann


ALIS VOLAT PROPRIIUS

One flies on one's own wings

"THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU"

Gospel according to Luke
Chapter 17, Verse 21



"IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN"

George Eliot



Click on the picture to hear some distinctly appropriate music: the adagio movement from Beethoven's PROMETHIUS OVERTURE.

MASTERING


Multiple Sclerosis

If your browser is Netscape, the word MASTERING will be blinking. But Internet Explorer doesn't recognize the BLINK command. If your browser is IE, this text will be scrolling across the screen like a tickertape. But Netscape doesn't recognize the MARQUEE command. So no matter which browser you use, you're going to get some action. Perhaps Netscape and Microsoft will get together and establish uniform standards. Fat chance.

For a warm, fuzzy greeting from the brilliant director of this magnificent site...




Several years ago, when free webspace began to appear on the Internet, I thought I had no use for this Geocities page. But then I heard that "Dr." Kevorkian assisted in the suicide (that is, MURDER) of a bunch of people with MS. While news of any of these deaths was always upsetting, a disproportionately large number of his victims had MS. This self-righteous monster scared the Hell out of me! I was horrified, and hoped, and still hope, to use Cyberspace to show that MS can be lived with, and its difficulties overcome. No words can describe the relief I felt when that murderer went to the slammer. But we're still not out of the woods. While Kevorkian has not been granted bail the appeals continue and none of us will be really safe until he dies in prison. Plenty of other folks feel that where there's life, there's hope. Here's a link to bring you to some of them:

THE KEVORKIAN PAPERS


Click on the picture for news
and information about the beast
who has participated in the
deaths of over 130 people
(and who also made
this gruesome painting).

You might want to check out the Detroit Free Press Forum for a discussion of "relieving the suffering" of people with MS, a discussion initiated by yours truly. This link will bring you to An MSer's Answer to Killer Kevorkian Before looking at that, take a look at The Hippocratic Oath, a document in which this fool seems to have very little interest.

Since vision problems are among the many miserable effects of MS, there used to be here a link to a large print version of this page. But that's kind of pointless because both Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers can be reset for large print displays and therefore, everything is easier to read. To find out how to do this (for either browser) click here for instructions.

Getting back to not being dead yet, mastering Multiple Sclerosis involves overcoming a variety of fairly minor inconveniences, more annoying than devastating. This can be achieved quite nicely with a plethora (great word, huh?) of assistive devices.

If you're not terribly interested in sitting around feeling sorry for yourself (my dad had MS, he was very good at that), you might consider some means of personal mobility

.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS
This has nothing to do with the sitcom on ABC a while back. Click here to see how I've changed my home to make it easier to get around in. I looked for information on the Internet about home adaptations, but really couldn't find anything. So this may be the only such information available out there.

Us MSers gotta stick together. Doctors may come up with helpful medication (although if you have, like me, Chronic Progressive MS there frequently isn't much out there) and various types of special equipment. But it takes living with the day-to-day vexations of MS that really makes you an expert. Only MS patients can dream up solutions to little problems AS THEY OCCUR. See what other MSers have to say on this page full of Low Tech Solutions. By the way, if you have any ideas,
please click here and them to me for inclusion on this page.

Like any health concern, the more knowledgeable about it you are, the better. For keeping yourself informed about means of treatment, strategies for coping with this thing, and good stuff like that, try the Multiple Sclerosis Book Store.




Oh yes, there WAS another great, free service if you prefer to communicate with something as quaint as the human voice:

Dialpad
At this website, you could call anyone in the United States for as long as you wanted, free of charge. But these people got greedy, and started charging. Of course it was too good to last, at least it's quite a bit cheaper than most long distance services and all those 1-800 numbers.


By the time you get to this point, you'll probably be heartily sick of reading about MS and other handicapped issues. So take a look at my OTHER WEBSITE, which is devoted to l'il ole me, to my personal interests. I'm sure you're just itching to know more about me, so I hope you'll drop by.

As you can see, I'm not doing a lot of line dancing.
However, being in a wheelchair is not all that bad.
Click here for its top ten advantages.



Here I am, ten years later. I hope I haven't aged too badly. Many years ago I was a very talented art student. Some years ago I took it up again (not without some success). I hope you will take a look at my pictures at artbychrisbaffer.com

You are number <Counter> among the masterful people who have visited this site.


View My Guestbook

Sign My Guestbook


!Register-It! - Promote Your Web Site!
MS Web Ring This MS WebRing site is owned by Lover Boy.
Click for the [ Next Page | Random Site | Skip It | Next 5 ]
Want to join the ring? Click here for info.
 MS Web Ring Next Site

This page hosted by GeoCities Get your own Free Home Page