AAN Update for Day One and Day Two (AAN 2012)

Well, we made it to New Orleans safe and sound, I hope everyone is enjoying the coverage we have been recording. There is much more to come! If you haven't looked at the "Vlog" about the Brain Health Fair, please do so now:
https://conferencecenter.msworld.org/american-academy-of-neurology-2012-annual-meeting/ashley-in-new-orleans/brain-health-fair

Genzyme's Booth at the Brain Health Fair on Saturday was focused on bringing awareness about patients with MS everyday life, to patients' family & friends. This is what we were discussing in the Brain Health Fair video, about the CHUMS (Childrens Hope for Understanding Multiple Sclerosis)
The above CHUMS site let people in the exhibit "try on MS", here are some pictures from that booth:

At this booth, those who didn't have MS... Saw a cord that was split, exposing the wires... then had to put on glasses, that were not their prescription, then had to put on gloves and try and flip a magazine, then read the pages. And THEN, there were weights to put on the wrists as well. Gotta love my husband for being a good sport in trying this out.









Make sure you keep checking back w/ the Conference Center, to see the new videos being uploaded.
Today, Omi, James and I went to the exhibits, where all the companies have booths and information about their products. It's always a lot of fun going to the exhibit and learning more and more about MS & the medications available.

Yesterday (Day Two) was a LONG day, but we got a lot of recordings done, and we hope you enjoy them. If you missed out on the first day of coverage, you can view Day One now.
Some were done with doctors by the press room, some were done in the poster area of the convention center.

We're about to meet up with Dr. Kantor to get Day Three's recordings done. So we're looking forward to that. This meeting is full of information, not just about Multiple Sclerosis, but about symptoms that we do suffer from, being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

Thank you for all of the questions y'all are submitting. I will get them answered by the end of the meeting, once all of the "gatherings" are over, so we can give you the most update information available. Keep submitting questions/comments, thanks for catching up with MSWorld at the 2012 AAN Meeting!

New Orleans or "Nawlins" is a wonderful, fun, exciting city! This is my first time here, and the weather has been beautiful the whole time. I'm still at the Convention Center now, but I am going to go through all of the information I have gathered today at the exhibits and such, and will either blog again, or do a vlog to keep everyone posted on ALL things MS!

Remember, leave your questions/comments on this blog, or you can e-mail them to QandA@msworld.org

xoxoxoxo
Ashley