death and periods after multiple sclerosis onset, and time trends in survival probability were analysed by Cox regression. The study comprised 9881 patients, of whom 4254 had died before end of follow-up. The median survival time from onset was approximately 10 years shorter for multiple sclerosis patients than for the age-matched general population, and multiple sclerosis was associated with an almost threefold increase in the risk for death. According to death certificates, more than half (56.4%) of the patients had died from multiple sclerosis. They also had excess mortality rates from other diseases, except cancer, and from accidents and suicide. The probability for survival improved significantly during the observation period. Thus, the 10-year excess mortality was almost halved in comparison with that in the middle of the 1900s.Pages

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September 29, 2014

This Week's Menu & Fall Fun with Cousins

We had a fall fun-packed weekend with my Sister and her family in town. In two and a half days we went to a pumpkin patch, a train station, we stumbled upon a parade, had a craft day at kaleidoscope, ran around in a hotel (since we don't have a house...) and went to the Fall Festival in our neighborhood. I love this photo of the 5 of us at the pumpkin patch!

I love this photo from our neighborhood fall festival - Emma's 2nd horse ride of the weekend. One of our friends took this photo of her daughter and caught Emma and me in the background : )

After being in survival mode for the last couple