Save the Date! Ask Me Anything on The Many Faces of MS

[johnMSAA]

Mark your calendars and save the date for June 5, 2019 (NEXT WEDNESDAY!): we will be hosting another Ask Me Anything (AMA), this time on "The Many Faces of MS" with returning expert Dr. Annette Okai (Medical Director, MS Treatment Center of Dallas @ Baylor University Medical Center) - right here on this community!

For one hour, starting at 6:00 PM EST on Wednesday, June 5th, Dr Okai will answer your questions about diversity in MS. At 6:00 PM EST, we will create a new official post to open the AMA and all questions that you or your care partner have for Dr. Okai should be posted as a reply to that official post. Any questions that are posted as their own thread will not be included as a part of the AMA.

If you have a care partner, we encourage you to have them join you for this AMA so that you can both follow along with any of the questions and the information Dr. Okai posts!

During the AMA, we recommend that you click the "Follow Post" button directly underneath the official post and next to the "Like" button so that you will receive notifications of what questions have been posted and what the replies are, in case your question has already been asked by another member. In order to make sure that you are seeing the most up-to-date questions and answers, you will need to continue to refresh your browser to show all of the replies.

At the end of the AMA, we will lock the thread, so that no more questions can be posted in the thread. If you miss the AMA, we will keep the post on the community so that you can see all of the questions and answers from the session!

Guidelines for the AMA:

1. While we always strive to provide useful, up-to-date information on matters of concern to the MS community, the information posted in this Ask Me Anything session should not be used as a means of diagnosis or determining treatment. For diagnosis and treatment options, you are urged to consult your physician.

2. You can draw your questions from your personal experience, but please try to keep questions broad, and in terms of the general MS community.

3. Please try to limit your questions and responses to three sentence.

4. As always, please be respectful of other members and their questions.

See everyone at this next Ask Me Anything on Wednesday, June 5th!

[greaterexp]

Thank you, John. It's on my calendar with an alert!

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador]

johnMSAA maybe you can explain a bit what it's about, please? That way everyone can have some questions ready to go!

J🌠🦈

[johnMSAA Partner in reply to Jesmcd2]

Of course, Jesmcd2 :

Diversity in MS might mean the differences of MS across various ethnic backgrounds, but it could also mean how MS affects lesser served communities based on population and geographic breakdowns (like under-served in rural areas who might not have access to direct care, for instance).

Discussion topics could also include how diversity is handled across various ethnic backgrounds for:

- clinical trials and disease modifying treatments

- MS onset and progression

- common symptoms

- effective treatments

- wellness strategies

Hopefully those broader discussion areas can help kickstart some questions. That being said, Dr. Okai is an expert MS neurologist and previously participated in our March MS Awareness Month AMA right here on our community in 2018. So she'll certainly be prepared to discuss anything around the topic of "diversity in MS"!

- John, MSAA

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador in reply to johnMSAA]

Thank you! It will definitely give us all things to think about!

Jes🌠🦈