Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 684 msfocusmagazine.org Lara Stepleman, Ph.D, is a professor of psychiatry and health behavior, and director of MS Psychological Services in the MS Center at Georgia Regents University. She specializes in assisting those with chronic medical conditions, like MS, to live their best lives. Her article was written along with postdoctoral health psychologists, Rebecca Floyd, Ph.D. and Elizabeth Devon Eldridge, Ph.D. Contributors SardarAli Khan, M.D., FRCS, FACS, is professor of urology, neurology, physiology, and biophysics at the StonyBrook UniversitySchoolofMedicine, in Stony Brook, N.Y. Yiji Suh is an undergraduate student and research associate in the department of Physiologyand Biophysics at Stony Brook University. Jennifer and Dan Digmann have lived with MS for more than 30 years. Jennifer was diagnosed in 1997 and has secondary progressive MS, and Dan was diagnosed in 2000withrelapsing-remitting. They wrote the book Despite MS, to Spite MS. Daniel Kantor, M.D., FAAN, chief medical correspondent for MSWorld and president of the Medical Partnership 4 MS, the largest advocacy group of neurologists focusing on MS and their patients. He is a member of the medical advisory board for the Foundation and practices in South Florida. Visit RealTimeNeurology.com. MarcyCanavan, is an MS Focus Ambassador and disability advocate who has been living with progressive MS since 1999. Her family has a history of autoimmune diseases and one of her daughters also has MS. JoanneFortunato, is a retired computer technology teacher inTroy,N.Y.Shehasamaster’s degree in education and has been teaching technology to teachers and students for 30 years. She was diagnosed with MS in 2006 and uses technology to aid in coping with the many difficulties that MS can present. Contact Joanne at msfocustech101@gmail.com. Ellen Whipple, Pharm.D., has been a medical advisor with MS Focus since 2002. She is a clinical pharmacist employed as a medical affairs specialist, as well as an assistant clinical professor at the University of Georgia. Dr. BenThrower, is the medical directorof theAndrewC. Carlos MSInstituteatShepherdCenter in Atlanta, and the senior medical advisorforthe Multiple Sclerosis Foundation.