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"Gout produces calculus in the kidney... the patient has frequently to entertain the painful speculation as to whether gout or stone be the worst disease. Sometimes the stone, on passing, kills the patient, without waiting for the gout."

"It is difficult to write about any form of mental disease, especially your own, without sounding as if you were examining a bug under glass."

"I mean, I inherited the disease of alcoholism, and I learned early to get help when I needed it."

"I feel coming on a strange disease - humility."

"When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured."

"It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has."
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"I have worked enough and I am happy to be touring the country speaking about living with MS to give people inspiration and motivation to help themselves."

"My doctor said, for want of a better word, now that we've got medicines out here that can help, let's put you on one of them and say we're treating MS."

"There were symptoms that I saw, and though I went to many doctors and had many tests, no one diagnosed MS."

"I understand how hard it is to talk to people about MS. You don't want pity or random advice."

"I'm wondering if they haven't reported all the people with MS, because if all of the cases were reported, the government would have to step in and give more financial aid to us."

"In addition to having a good partnership with a good doctor, you have to do some of the work yourself. Go online, read about it, and find out what you can tolerate."

"You can keep it to yourself, but you could also call a support team like the team at MS LifeLines. They are there to support the MS community and give good advice."
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