Yes, today I finally did it. I called the MS Society and referring to the big billboards that were in Seattle, "Is it the rain?" then saying more MS here than anywhere and call for more info, and after waiting through many recorded "we appreciate your call and will be right with you, but it would be better if you left your name/number so that we can call you back in 48 hours if our system works right," yes, I'm paraphrasing---and spoke to a woman who said, no, rain does not cause MS.
"Why then do you put that up? To scare people?" Her voice reply turned into a mumbling, "No, we want to get people to talk about MS..." I changed MY voice to an indignant, "Why wouldn't you prefer that people talk about facts? There are enough unknowns, why add to the confusion?"
"Just a moment, I'll transfer you." CLICK Yes, she hung up on me. May I say (yes, I may, this being my blog and all) that in 18 years of work that dealt with talking to people on the phone, finding the right person for them, I NEVER accidentally disconnected a caller. So, don't even go there with me.
Then I called the toll free number on a letter I just got (They have my new address already and NO I have never used Rebif or Avonex.) from an MS Walk "sponsored by EDM Sereno." Now, I have never noticed EDM before Sereno before and wondered what it stood for. (Yes, I googled it--nada--looked into financial info online---zip.)
"What does the EDM stand for?" "That's a good question," said the earnest woman who took my call, "Um, I know we were bought by a German company a few months (or years) ago...just a moment. (Her voice pacing and my "uh-huhs" led me to expect what was to follow.) CLICK
Maybe it was EMD, I've lost the letter along with a bizzillion other papers I've lost, er, misplaced around my new home; and I thought I should have hopped over to Lisa Emrich's blog--Brass and Ivory. She probably has posted about this already.
The more I researched, the more depressed I got as it appears we only have one drug co. anymore---so many have either mergered or bought each other out. Scary thought. CLICK
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Hail, Nor Red M&Ms Cause MS
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Yes, today I finally did it. I called the MS Society and referring to the big billboards that were in Seattle, "Is it the rain?" then saying more MS here than anywhere and call for more info, and after waiting through many recorded "we appreciate your call and will be right with you, but it would be better if you left your name/number so that we can call you back in 48 hours if our system works right," yes, I'm paraphrasing---and spoke to a woman who said, no, rain does not cause MS.
"Why then do you put that up? To scare people?" Her voice reply turned into a mumbling, "No, we want to get people to talk about MS..." I changed MY voice to an indignant, "Why wouldn't you prefer that people talk about facts? There are enough unknowns, why add to the confusion?"
"Just a moment, I'll transfer you." CLICK Yes, she hung up on me. May I say (yes, I may, this being my blog and all) that in 18 years of work that dealt with talking to people on the phone, finding the right person for them, I NEVER accidentally disconnected a caller. So, don't even go there with me.
Then I called the toll free number on a letter I just got (They have my new address already and NO I have never used Rebif or Avonex.) from an MS Walk "sponsored by EDM Sereno." Now, I have never noticed EDM before Sereno before and wondered what it stood for. (Yes, I googled it--nada--looked into financial info online---zip.)
"What does the EDM stand for?" "That's a good question," said the earnest woman who took my call, "Um, I know we were bought by a German company a few months (or years) ago...just a moment. (Her voice pacing and my "uh-huhs" led me to expect what was to follow.) CLICK
Maybe it was EMD, I've lost the letter along with a bizzillion other papers I've lost, er, misplaced around my new home; and I thought I should have hopped over to Lisa Emrich's blog--Brass and Ivory. She probably has posted about this already.
The more I researched, the more depressed I got as it appears we only have one drug co. anymore---so many have either mergered or bought each other out. Scary thought. CLICK
Yes, today I finally did it. I called the MS Society and referring to the big billboards that were in Seattle, "Is it the rain?" then saying more MS here than anywhere and call for more info, and after waiting through many recorded "we appreciate your call and will be right with you, but it would be better if you left your name/number so that we can call you back in 48 hours if our system works right," yes, I'm paraphrasing---and spoke to a woman who said, no, rain does not cause MS.
"Why then do you put that up? To scare people?" Her voice reply turned into a mumbling, "No, we want to get people to talk about MS..." I changed MY voice to an indignant, "Why wouldn't you prefer that people talk about facts? There are enough unknowns, why add to the confusion?"
"Just a moment, I'll transfer you." CLICK Yes, she hung up on me. May I say (yes, I may, this being my blog and all) that in 18 years of work that dealt with talking to people on the phone, finding the right person for them, I NEVER accidentally disconnected a caller. So, don't even go there with me.
Then I called the toll free number on a letter I just got (They have my new address already and NO I have never used Rebif or Avonex.) from an MS Walk "sponsored by EDM Sereno." Now, I have never noticed EDM before Sereno before and wondered what it stood for. (Yes, I googled it--nada--looked into financial info online---zip.)
"What does the EDM stand for?" "That's a good question," said the earnest woman who took my call, "Um, I know we were bought by a German company a few months (or years) ago...just a moment. (Her voice pacing and my "uh-huhs" led me to expect what was to follow.) CLICK
Maybe it was EMD, I've lost the letter along with a bizzillion other papers I've lost, er, misplaced around my new home; and I thought I should have hopped over to Lisa Emrich's blog--Brass and Ivory. She probably has posted about this already.
The more I researched, the more depressed I got as it appears we only have one drug co. anymore---so many have either mergered or bought each other out. Scary thought. CLICK
Yes, today I finally did it. I called the MS Society and referring to the big billboards that were in Seattle, "Is it the rain?" then saying more MS here than anywhere and call for more info, and after waiting through many recorded "we appreciate your call and will be right with you, but it would be better if you left your name/number so that we can call you back in 48 hours if our system works right," yes, I'm paraphrasing---and spoke to a woman who said, no, rain does not cause MS.
"Why then do you put that up? To scare people?" Her voice reply turned into a mumbling, "No, we want to get people to talk about MS..." I changed MY voice to an indignant, "Why wouldn't you prefer that people talk about facts? There are enough unknowns, why add to the confusion?"
"Just a moment, I'll transfer you." CLICK Yes, she hung up on me. May I say (yes, I may, this being my blog and all) that in 18 years of work that dealt with talking to people on the phone, finding the right person for them, I NEVER accidentally disconnected a caller. So, don't even go there with me.
Then I called the toll free number on a letter I just got (They have my new address already and NO I have never used Rebif or Avonex.) from an MS Walk "sponsored by EDM Sereno." Now, I have never noticed EDM before Sereno before and wondered what it stood for. (Yes, I googled it--nada--looked into financial info online---zip.)
"What does the EDM stand for?" "That's a good question," said the earnest woman who took my call, "Um, I know we were bought by a German company a few months (or years) ago...just a moment. (Her voice pacing and my "uh-huhs" led me to expect what was to follow.) CLICK
Maybe it was EMD, I've lost the letter along with a bizzillion other papers I've lost, er, misplaced around my new home; and I thought I should have hopped over to Lisa Emrich's blog--Brass and Ivory. She probably has posted about this already.
The more I researched, the more depressed I got as it appears we only have one drug co. anymore---so many have either mergered or bought each other out. Scary thought. CLICK
Yes, today I finally did it. I called the MS Society and referring to the big billboards that were in Seattle, "Is it the rain?" then saying more MS here than anywhere and call for more info, and after waiting through many recorded "we appreciate your call and will be right with you, but it would be better if you left your name/number so that we can call you back in 48 hours if our system works right," yes, I'm paraphrasing---and spoke to a woman who said, no, rain does not cause MS.
"Why then do you put that up? To scare people?" Her voice reply turned into a mumbling, "No, we want to get people to talk about MS..." I changed MY voice to an indignant, "Why wouldn't you prefer that people talk about facts? There are enough unknowns, why add to the confusion?"
"Just a moment, I'll transfer you." CLICK Yes, she hung up on me. May I say (yes, I may, this being my blog and all) that in 18 years of work that dealt with talking to people on the phone, finding the right person for them, I NEVER accidentally disconnected a caller. So, don't even go there with me.
Then I called the toll free number on a letter I just got (They have my new address already and NO I have never used Rebif or Avonex.) from an MS Walk "sponsored by EDM Sereno." Now, I have never noticed EDM before Sereno before and wondered what it stood for. (Yes, I googled it--nada--looked into financial info online---zip.)
"What does the EDM stand for?" "That's a good question," said the earnest woman who took my call, "Um, I know we were bought by a German company a few months (or years) ago...just a moment. (Her voice pacing and my "uh-huhs" led me to expect what was to follow.) CLICK
Maybe it was EMD, I've lost the letter along with a bizzillion other papers I've lost, er, misplaced around my new home; and I thought I should have hopped over to Lisa Emrich's blog--Brass and Ivory. She probably has posted about this already.
The more I researched, the more depressed I got as it appears we only have one drug co. anymore---so many have either mergered or bought each other out. Scary thought. CLICK
Yes, today I finally did it. I called the MS Society and referring to the big billboards that were in Seattle, "Is it the rain?" then saying more MS here than anywhere and call for more info, and after waiting through many recorded "we appreciate your call and will be right with you, but it would be better if you left your name/number so that we can call you back in 48 hours if our system works right," yes, I'm paraphrasing---and spoke to a woman who said, no, rain does not cause MS.
"Why then do you put that up? To scare people?" Her voice reply turned into a mumbling, "No, we want to get people to talk about MS..." I changed MY voice to an indignant, "Why wouldn't you prefer that people talk about facts? There are enough unknowns, why add to the confusion?"
"Just a moment, I'll transfer you." CLICK Yes, she hung up on me. May I say (yes, I may, this being my blog and all) that in 18 years of work that dealt with talking to people on the phone, finding the right person for them, I NEVER accidentally disconnected a caller. So, don't even go there with me.
Then I called the toll free number on a letter I just got (They have my new address already and NO I have never used Rebif or Avonex.) from an MS Walk "sponsored by EDM Sereno." Now, I have never noticed EDM before Sereno before and wondered what it stood for. (Yes, I googled it--nada--looked into financial info online---zip.)
"What does the EDM stand for?" "That's a good question," said the earnest woman who took my call, "Um, I know we were bought by a German company a few months (or years) ago...just a moment. (Her voice pacing and my "uh-huhs" led me to expect what was to follow.) CLICK
Maybe it was EMD, I've lost the letter along with a bizzillion other papers I've lost, er, misplaced around my new home; and I thought I should have hopped over to Lisa Emrich's blog--Brass and Ivory. She probably has posted about this already.
The more I researched, the more depressed I got as it appears we only have one drug co. anymore---so many have either mergered or bought each other out. Scary thought. CLICK
Yes, today I finally did it. I called the MS Society and referring to the big billboards that were in Seattle, "Is it the rain?" then saying more MS here than anywhere and call for more info, and after waiting through many recorded "we appreciate your call and will be right with you, but it would be better if you left your name/number so that we can call you back in 48 hours if our system works right," yes, I'm paraphrasing---and spoke to a woman who said, no, rain does not cause MS.
"Why then do you put that up? To scare people?" Her voice reply turned into a mumbling, "No, we want to get people to talk about MS..." I changed MY voice to an indignant, "Why wouldn't you prefer that people talk about facts? There are enough unknowns, why add to the confusion?"
"Just a moment, I'll transfer you." CLICK Yes, she hung up on me. May I say (yes, I may, this being my blog and all) that in 18 years of work that dealt with talking to people on the phone, finding the right person for them, I NEVER accidentally disconnected a caller. So, don't even go there with me.
Then I called the toll free number on a letter I just got (They have my new address already and NO I have never used Rebif or Avonex.) from an MS Walk "sponsored by EDM Sereno." Now, I have never noticed EDM before Sereno before and wondered what it stood for. (Yes, I googled it--nada--looked into financial info online---zip.)
"What does the EDM stand for?" "That's a good question," said the earnest woman who took my call, "Um, I know we were bought by a German company a few months (or years) ago...just a moment. (Her voice pacing and my "uh-huhs" led me to expect what was to follow.) CLICK
Maybe it was EMD, I've lost the letter along with a bizzillion other papers I've lost, er, misplaced around my new home; and I thought I should have hopped over to Lisa Emrich's blog--Brass and Ivory. She probably has posted about this already.
The more I researched, the more depressed I got as it appears we only have one drug co. anymore---so many have either mergered or bought each other out. Scary thought. CLICK
Yes, today I finally did it. I called the MS Society and referring to the big billboards that were in Seattle, "Is it the rain?" then saying more MS here than anywhere and call for more info, and after waiting through many recorded "we appreciate your call and will be right with you, but it would be better if you left your name/number so that we can call you back in 48 hours if our system works right," yes, I'm paraphrasing---and spoke to a woman who said, no, rain does not cause MS.
"Why then do you put that up? To scare people?" Her voice reply turned into a mumbling, "No, we want to get people to talk about MS..." I changed MY voice to an indignant, "Why wouldn't you prefer that people talk about facts? There are enough unknowns, why add to the confusion?"
"Just a moment, I'll transfer you." CLICK Yes, she hung up on me. May I say (yes, I may, this being my blog and all) that in 18 years of work that dealt with talking to people on the phone, finding the right person for them, I NEVER accidentally disconnected a caller. So, don't even go there with me.
Then I called the toll free number on a letter I just got (They have my new address already and NO I have never used Rebif or Avonex.) from an MS Walk "sponsored by EDM Sereno." Now, I have never noticed EDM before Sereno before and wondered what it stood for. (Yes, I googled it--nada--looked into financial info online---zip.)
"What does the EDM stand for?" "That's a good question," said the earnest woman who took my call, "Um, I know we were bought by a German company a few months (or years) ago...just a moment. (Her voice pacing and my "uh-huhs" led me to expect what was to follow.) CLICK
Maybe it was EMD, I've lost the letter along with a bizzillion other papers I've lost, er, misplaced around my new home; and I thought I should have hopped over to Lisa Emrich's blog--Brass and Ivory. She probably has posted about this already.
The more I researched, the more depressed I got as it appears we only have one drug co. anymore---so many have either mergered or bought each other out. Scary thought. CLICK
Yes, today I finally did it. I called the MS Society and referring to the big billboards that were in Seattle, "Is it the rain?" then saying more MS here than anywhere and call for more info, and after waiting through many recorded "we appreciate your call and will be right with you, but it would be better if you left your name/number so that we can call you back in 48 hours if our system works right," yes, I'm paraphrasing---and spoke to a woman who said, no, rain does not cause MS.
"Why then do you put that up? To scare people?" Her voice reply turned into a mumbling, "No, we want to get people to talk about MS..." I changed MY voice to an indignant, "Why wouldn't you prefer that people talk about facts? There are enough unknowns, why add to the confusion?"
"Just a moment, I'll transfer you." CLICK Yes, she hung up on me. May I say (yes, I may, this being my blog and all) that in 18 years of work that dealt with talking to people on the phone, finding the right person for them, I NEVER accidentally disconnected a caller. So, don't even go there with me.
Then I called the toll free number on a letter I just got (They have my new address already and NO I have never used Rebif or Avonex.) from an MS Walk "sponsored by EDM Sereno." Now, I have never noticed EDM before Sereno before and wondered what it stood for. (Yes, I googled it--nada--looked into financial info online---zip.)
"What does the EDM stand for?" "That's a good question," said the earnest woman who took my call, "Um, I know we were bought by a German company a few months (or years) ago...just a moment. (Her voice pacing and my "uh-huhs" led me to expect what was to follow.) CLICK
Maybe it was EMD, I've lost the letter along with a bizzillion other papers I've lost, er, misplaced around my new home; and I thought I should have hopped over to Lisa Emrich's blog--Brass and Ivory. She probably has posted about this already.
The more I researched, the more depressed I got as it appears we only have one drug co. anymore---so many have either mergered or bought each other out. Scary thought. CLICK
Yes, today I finally did it. I called the MS Society and referring to the big billboards that were in Seattle, "Is it the rain?" then saying more MS here than anywhere and call for more info, and after waiting through many recorded "we appreciate your call and will be right with you, but it would be better if you left your name/number so that we can call you back in 48 hours if our system works right," yes, I'm paraphrasing---and spoke to a woman who said, no, rain does not cause MS.
"Why then do you put that up? To scare people?" Her voice reply turned into a mumbling, "No, we want to get people to talk about MS..." I changed MY voice to an indignant, "Why wouldn't you prefer that people talk about facts? There are enough unknowns, why add to the confusion?"
"Just a moment, I'll transfer you." CLICK Yes, she hung up on me. May I say (yes, I may, this being my blog and all) that in 18 years of work that dealt with talking to people on the phone, finding the right person for them, I NEVER accidentally disconnected a caller. So, don't even go there with me.
Then I called the toll free number on a letter I just got (They have my new address already and NO I have never used Rebif or Avonex.) from an MS Walk "sponsored by EDM Sereno." Now, I have never noticed EDM before Sereno before and wondered what it stood for. (Yes, I googled it--nada--looked into financial info online---zip.)
"What does the EDM stand for?" "That's a good question," said the earnest woman who took my call, "Um, I know we were bought by a German company a few months (or years) ago...just a moment. (Her voice pacing and my "uh-huhs" led me to expect what was to follow.) CLICK
Maybe it was EMD, I've lost the letter along with a bizzillion other papers I've lost, er, misplaced around my new home; and I thought I should have hopped over to Lisa Emrich's blog--Brass and Ivory. She probably has posted about this already.
The more I researched, the more depressed I got as it appears we only have one drug co. anymore---so many have either mergered or bought each other out. Scary thought. CLICK
Yes, today I finally did it. I called the MS Society and referring to the big billboards that were in Seattle, "Is it the rain?" then saying more MS here than anywhere and call for more info, and after waiting through many recorded "we appreciate your call and will be right with you, but it would be better if you left your name/number so that we can call you back in 48 hours if our system works right," yes, I'm paraphrasing---and spoke to a woman who said, no, rain does not cause MS.
"Why then do you put that up? To scare people?" Her voice reply turned into a mumbling, "No, we want to get people to talk about MS..." I changed MY voice to an indignant, "Why wouldn't you prefer that people talk about facts? There are enough unknowns, why add to the confusion?"
"Just a moment, I'll transfer you." CLICK Yes, she hung up on me. May I say (yes, I may, this being my blog and all) that in 18 years of work that dealt with talking to people on the phone, finding the right person for them, I NEVER accidentally disconnected a caller. So, don't even go there with me.
Then I called the toll free number on a letter I just got (They have my new address already and NO I have never used Rebif or Avonex.) from an MS Walk "sponsored by EDM Sereno." Now, I have never noticed EDM before Sereno before and wondered what it stood for. (Yes, I googled it--nada--looked into financial info online---zip.)
"What does the EDM stand for?" "That's a good question," said the earnest woman who took my call, "Um, I know we were bought by a German company a few months (or years) ago...just a moment. (Her voice pacing and my "uh-huhs" led me to expect what was to follow.) CLICK
Maybe it was EMD, I've lost the letter along with a bizzillion other papers I've lost, er, misplaced around my new home; and I thought I should have hopped over to Lisa Emrich's blog--Brass and Ivory. She probably has posted about this already.
The more I researched, the more depressed I got as it appears we only have one drug co. anymore---so many have either mergered or bought each other out. Scary thought. CLICK
Yes, today I finally did it. I called the MS Society and referring to the big billboards that were in Seattle, "Is it the rain?" then saying more MS here than anywhere and call for more info, and after waiting through many recorded "we appreciate your call and will be right with you, but it would be better if you left your name/number so that we can call you back in 48 hours if our system works right," yes, I'm paraphrasing---and spoke to a woman who said, no, rain does not cause MS.
"Why then do you put that up? To scare people?" Her voice reply turned into a mumbling, "No, we want to get people to talk about MS..." I changed MY voice to an indignant, "Why wouldn't you prefer that people talk about facts? There are enough unknowns, why add to the confusion?"
"Just a moment, I'll transfer you." CLICK Yes, she hung up on me. May I say (yes, I may, this being my blog and all) that in 18 years of work that dealt with talking to people on the phone, finding the right person for them, I NEVER accidentally disconnected a caller. So, don't even go there with me.
Then I called the toll free number on a letter I just got (They have my new address already and NO I have never used Rebif or Avonex.) from an MS Walk "sponsored by EDM Sereno." Now, I have never noticed EDM before Sereno before and wondered what it stood for. (Yes, I googled it--nada--looked into financial info online---zip.)
"What does the EDM stand for?" "That's a good question," said the earnest woman who took my call, "Um, I know we were bought by a German company a few months (or years) ago...just a moment. (Her voice pacing and my "uh-huhs" led me to expect what was to follow.) CLICK
Maybe it was EMD, I've lost the letter along with a bizzillion other papers I've lost, er, misplaced around my new home; and I thought I should have hopped over to Lisa Emrich's blog--Brass and Ivory. She probably has posted about this already.
The more I researched, the more depressed I got as it appears we only have one drug co. anymore---so many have either mergered or bought each other out. Scary thought. CLICK
Yes, today I finally did it. I called the MS Society and referring to the big billboards that were in Seattle, "Is it the rain?" then saying more MS here than anywhere and call for more info, and after waiting through many recorded "we appreciate your call and will be right with you, but it would be better if you left your name/number so that we can call you back in 48 hours if our system works right," yes, I'm paraphrasing---and spoke to a woman who said, no, rain does not cause MS.
"Why then do you put that up? To scare people?" Her voice reply turned into a mumbling, "No, we want to get people to talk about MS..." I changed MY voice to an indignant, "Why wouldn't you prefer that people talk about facts? There are enough unknowns, why add to the confusion?"
"Just a moment, I'll transfer you." CLICK Yes, she hung up on me. May I say (yes, I may, this being my blog and all) that in 18 years of work that dealt with talking to people on the phone, finding the right person for them, I NEVER accidentally disconnected a caller. So, don't even go there with me.
Then I called the toll free number on a letter I just got (They have my new address already and NO I have never used Rebif or Avonex.) from an MS Walk "sponsored by EDM Sereno." Now, I have never noticed EDM before Sereno before and wondered what it stood for. (Yes, I googled it--nada--looked into financial info online---zip.)
"What does the EDM stand for?" "That's a good question," said the earnest woman who took my call, "Um, I know we were bought by a German company a few months (or years) ago...just a moment. (Her voice pacing and my "uh-huhs" led me to expect what was to follow.) CLICK
Maybe it was EMD, I've lost the letter along with a bizzillion other papers I've lost, er, misplaced around my new home; and I thought I should have hopped over to Lisa Emrich's blog--Brass and Ivory. She probably has posted about this already.
The more I researched, the more depressed I got as it appears we only have one drug co. anymore---so many have either mergered or bought each other out. Scary thought. CLICK
Yes, today I finally did it. I called the MS Society and referring to the big billboards that were in Seattle, "Is it the rain?" then saying more MS here than anywhere and call for more info, and after waiting through many recorded "we appreciate your call and will be right with you, but it would be better if you left your name/number so that we can call you back in 48 hours if our system works right," yes, I'm paraphrasing---and spoke to a woman who said, no, rain does not cause MS.
"Why then do you put that up? To scare people?" Her voice reply turned into a mumbling, "No, we want to get people to talk about MS..." I changed MY voice to an indignant, "Why wouldn't you prefer that people talk about facts? There are enough unknowns, why add to the confusion?"
"Just a moment, I'll transfer you." CLICK Yes, she hung up on me. May I say (yes, I may, this being my blog and all) that in 18 years of work that dealt with talking to people on the phone, finding the right person for them, I NEVER accidentally disconnected a caller. So, don't even go there with me.
Then I called the toll free number on a letter I just got (They have my new address already and NO I have never used Rebif or Avonex.) from an MS Walk "sponsored by EDM Sereno." Now, I have never noticed EDM before Sereno before and wondered what it stood for. (Yes, I googled it--nada--looked into financial info online---zip.)
"What does the EDM stand for?" "That's a good question," said the earnest woman who took my call, "Um, I know we were bought by a German company a few months (or years) ago...just a moment. (Her voice pacing and my "uh-huhs" led me to expect what was to follow.) CLICK
Maybe it was EMD, I've lost the letter along with a bizzillion other papers I've lost, er, misplaced around my new home; and I thought I should have hopped over to Lisa Emrich's blog--Brass and Ivory. She probably has posted about this already.
The more I researched, the more depressed I got as it appears we only have one drug co. anymore---so many have either mergered or bought each other out. Scary thought. CLICK
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