Preparing for ECTRIMS 2012

Well, in one week I will be on my way to Lyon, France for the 2012 ECTRIMS Annual Meeting.

I can't tell you how excited I am to be there and learn more information!

ECTRIMS 2011 was my first conference to attend for MSWorld and I still can't believe it's been a year since then. I truly hope that everyone enjoys the news coverage from all of the MS Conferences.

Well, this year I started asking viewers to submit their questions they would like me to try and have answered at the conferences. I can't promise to get ALL of the questions answered, but I do try my hardest to get a lot of the questions answered.

I still have a list of questions to try and have answered my some of the neurologists at ECTRIMS, please don't be shy in sending in your questions to QandA@msworld.org

I don't give out any names, so your questions are completely confidential!

Anyways... James, my husband, and I will be leaving for ECTRIMS on October 7th... we will arrive in France on October 8th in the evening. I'm loading up my iPad with reading material for the trip! I'm getting there a few days early, so that my body (my MS) can adjust to the weather change. For those of you who don't know, I'm from the Austin, TX area... so everywhere is colder than where I live... lol

Since we started this MS Conference Coverage, I can't tell you how many comments I've gotten about the information we provide in that section of our website. Even neurologists are watching our coverage... During these conferences there are different "meetings" going on at the same time, so I was so grateful to hear that neurologists were coming to MSWorld to check on the things they might have missed.

I know that BG-12 is on a lot of MS patients minds, so trust me... that's a topic high on my priority list as well that I want to hear more about. There are so many new things to discuss in the World of MS... so I hope I can cover it all. Good thing my husband doesn't have MS and he can keep up.

I can tell you that one of my favorite things to do at these conferences, is go into the "Exhibit" area... this is where all of the MS companies have "booths" full of information and resources. I have bags upon bags of this information in my "office area". So, I hope to get even MORE information and break it down to you in my video blogs.

Sometimes I get busy... or tired from the meetings, so if you don't hear from me during the meeting everyday, you know why. I do, however, try and give updates once I'm home if I cannot blog while I'm there.

Make sure to stay tuned to MSWorld's Conference Center: https://conferencecenter.msworld.org/ectrims-2012

I'm sure the other volunteers at MSWorld will help let everyone know when new content is posted.
We've also made a Message Board Thread so everyone can discuss all things ECTRIMS, http://msworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=123175

That's all I have for now, but I will try my hardest to keep in touch!

Thanks,
Ashley Ringstaff (RingpOP/Ringer1319)