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THIRD WAY: Is it lost?
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New Media Awards 2000 sponsored by
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A wide array of services for people with MS, developed and updated by a person with MS. There is a real sense of community amongst the people who are associated with Jooly's. They are there for each other, through hard times and less hard times. From a mail list, which offers insight to a web pals service which offers support..Jooly's has it all. Kudos to Julie and her dedication and caring. Kerry O'Donnell
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great list a big family that's so supportive. Noreen Meyer
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I can say, from personal experience, that since being diagnosed with muliple sclerosis in July 1998 I have learned far more about the illness and received far more support and advice concerning it from Joolies Joint, than from all other sources put together. Julie has created a worthwhile and world-wide support group for MS patients. Tony Rainford
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I have personally benefitted from this website. Julie has connected me all over the world with others with Multiple Sclerosis. I don't know where else I could go. Nancy Costello
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If this site hadn't have been there, I would never have come to terms with MS Wendy Marshall
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jooly's joint is a fully inclusive community and a completely accessible website, allowing people with MS to support each other and learn about our illness and about living with it. the communities that develop become important in working to free people from the isolation chronic illness can cause. many people with MS go years before they meet a fellow 'MS-er'face to face (we don't like the term 'sufferers' as it is negative), so jooly's takes people one step closer to that necessary contact. vanessa "nessa" folks
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Julie gives all of us with MS a chance to share our views. Her web site is very helpful nd informative. Deb
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The Jooly's Joint website(web address www.mswebpals.org)was created in 1995 by then-24-year-old Julie Howell who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS)at age 20. The site offers many options for support and one-on-one or group communication for victims of MS, victims' families, the newly diagnosed etc. In barely five years this site has garnered an inter-national membership of over 10,000. The site is beautifully designed, superbly monitored by Ms. Howell herself on a regular basis, and created with humor, sensitivity, wisdom and maturity of a person well beyond Ms. Howell's years. I am a 16-month member and a member of two e-mail lists offered at Jooly's Joint. I've had many communications directly with Ms. Howell. I am also very active on the lists where I see messages repeatedly from other members proclaiming their thanks for having this "home" where they can come at any time and find love, friendship and unfailing support - things often sadly lacking in relationships with family and friends for many victims of MS. The site, because of its well-conceived and well-attended design lets victims of MS, be they in isolated towns or major cities around the world, express their fears, ask questions and state opinions freely without worry of criticism, insult or judgment. Ms. Howell's website is a professional and admirable addition to the Internet that is "making a difference" in the lives of thousands of people, many of whom have not been able to find this type of caring anywhere else. Jooly's Joint is a lush, thriving oasis in the dry, scorching desert of MS that merits the highest praise. Diana P.R.
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This is a web site devoted to individuals with Multiple Sclerosis. I was diagnosed in MArch of 1998, and found that Jooly's Joint offers a wide varray of information. The most valuable service that the site offers, in my opinion, is JJ Plus, a message board that reaches other people with MS all around the world. Without this service, I would have a lot of questions without answers. I totally believe without this site, the disease would have gotten me a long time ago. Thank Heaven for Julie!!! Jennifer Beck
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This is a wonderful site with a wealth of information and support for those of us with MS. Sherry Huggler
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This is an online personal support site for people living with Multiple Sclerosis
all over the world. Not only for the patients but their friends and family.
This sight has given me the tools I need to learn more about the disease I live
with every day and how to cope,more than any doctor could. It has empowered me to
take control of my personal decisions regarding treatment, independence and
quality of life issues by CHOICE.
There is no other place like JJ's - I've been looking for 12 years & now I'm home.
My only regret is I wish I'd thought of it!
Kim-Canada
"the question is not what you look at, but what you see" Kim Babrociak
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This is wonderfull
online community for
people with MS by
people with MS
invented, created and
maintained by someone
with MS. A site of
vision and support. Steve Uzzell
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This site has been the helpfull and imformative site i have come across.....All MS sufferers online have probably at one time or another been in contact with this site.
I thank Jooly for helping me in a massive way.
Derek Cross
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This site was created in 1995 to assist people with Multiple Sclerosis across the world to care and share from each other. It has been so successful, there has even been actual meetings that peole from around the world have attended. What has been created in the UK in this room has helped hundreds of people form there own community that spans the globe. Hennry J Henry
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This website has changed my life. I joined JJPlus which is an email group of people with MS,in which there are members from all around the world. We discuss our sorrows and our success with the way we deal with the diagnosis. There is so much caring, emotional support and education. We are always reminded that whatever we learn in terms of medications and alternative therapies, we should ALWAYS speak to our doctor first. My utmost thanks goes to Julie Howell for starting this website. Barbi Martin
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Without this wonderful site I would feel isolated with my MS. Julie has brought together victims of MS from all round the world together so we can discuss and advise on various issues of MS. Doctors and specialists know so little about MS, and my GP is learning with me, especially from this FAMILY.
Anne Robinson
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