{"id":209585,"date":"2010-01-21T17:52:01","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T22:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/?p=139805"},"modified":"2010-01-21T17:52:01","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T22:52:01","slug":"interview-ms-patient-on-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/209585","title":{"rendered":"Interview: MS Patient on Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"

To give you a personal story of what it’s like to use the NESS L300<\/strong>, I interviewed Nicole, a mom and fashion expert with multiple sclerosis (MS). If you missed it, read my overview of the NESS L300<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"MS-patient-interview\"Could you briefly explain how MS has affected your life, including any activities you\u2019ve had to avoid?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nicole: I was always a very active person, biking, working out, hiking, tennis, etc., living in major cities and working in the retail division of the fashion industry. I had moved to slow my lifestyle down and had to leave my job because I could no longer do long days of work on my feet.<\/p>\n

I schedule my days strategically because MS causes me fatigue and a loss of my mobility. So most of my daily activities, workouts, grocery shopping, etc. have to be done in the a.m. when I am strongest.<\/p>\n

Because my children have activities (sports) in the evenings, I need to make sure I get an afternoon nap or else I have a real hard time in the evening. My favorite activity that I can no longer participate in is tennis. Because I walk with a cane it doesn’t work real well on the court; however, I get to the gym three to four times a week, and that’s one time when the NESS L300 really comes in handy for my training. Other than physically, MS has not and will not break my spirit. I live each day to the fullest and enjoy having my family and friends around me.<\/p>\n

How important is it to you to be able to walk again without the assistance of a cane?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nicole: I love my independence of not always needing a cane. I can get around the house without one but, because my balance is so affected by MS, I still use a cane with my NESS L300<\/a> unless I am out with someone whose hand I can hold.<\/p>\n

Why did you decide to try the new NESS L300<\/a> wireless rehabilitation technology?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nicole: I was at my scheduled visit with my MS doctor and I saw a pamphlet in his waiting room that was showcasing the device, so when I met with my doctor we talked about the device and he scheduled an appointment with a therapist who was trained with the NESS near me. The physical therapist wasn’t sure if this was a good match for me because most of my \"MS-treatment-NESS-L300\"lesions are on my spinal cord. Thankfully it worked like a charm!<\/p>\n

Has NESS L300 been helpful to you since beginning treatment?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nicole<\/strong>: It makes a huge difference in my lifestyle and my confidence. When I become exhausted, but have to do something that requires walking, I get drop foot, or as I call it, “drag foot” because it feels like I am dragging my foot behind me, and with the NESS L300 it continues to raise the front of my foot so I don’t trip or fall which I used to do often.<\/p>\n

It also helps with my workouts because it has a training mode where it raises your foot every 10 seconds, so it helps with leg lifts as well as other leg exercises, and of course for walking on the treadmills. With MS, exercise is very important because the old motto “if you don’t use it you’ll lose it applies.”<\/p>\n

Are there any downsides to using NESS L300?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nicole: Other than price (about $6,500) and the fact that insurance companies don’t cover it, I really can’t think of anything that I don’t love about the device. If vanity has anything to do with downsides, you can’t wear short shirts unless you don’t mind the device showing. It’s an incredible product.<\/p>\n

Would you recommend the new technology to others with MS? If so, why or why not?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nicole<\/strong>: I have and will continue to recommend the NESS L300. It is an incredible device, and I feel if you have MS and struggle with mobility, this is definitely a product to try.<\/p>\n

(Image via Nicole in NC; Equipment image via Bioness<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Post from: Blisstree<\/a><\/p>\n

Interview: MS Patient on Treatment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To give you a personal story of what it’s like to use the NESS L300, I interviewed Nicole, a mom and fashion expert with multiple sclerosis (MS). If you missed it, read my overview of the NESS L300. Could you briefly explain how MS has affected your life, including any activities you\u2019ve had to avoid? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2832,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}