Monday, May 10, 2004 at 8:00 pm ET in the MSWorld chat room!!

Kathleen Wilson, an artist who holds Master's Degrees in both Fine Arts and
Mental Health Counseling, has had MS since 1988.  Kathleen started MSWorld
in 1996 while recovering from a severe relapse of the disease which had
forced her into a wheelchair and out of her fast-paced career in
advertising.  Wanting to reach out to others, and too fatigued to attend
real support group meetings, she went online to look for a community.

When she found nothing satisfying, she decided to form her own online chat
room.  MSWorld has since grown from a single chat room into a worldwide
network helping hundreds of thousands of people to gain access to
information and support to help them cope with MS.  In 2001, MSWorld became
the official chat and message board provider for the National MS Society.
As of 2003, MSWorld has become a vital source of information for people with
MS throughout the world.  This has evolved into a tight knit online
community which averages over twenty thousand unique visitors every day.

MSWorld is unique in that it is run "By Patients, For Patients."  Thirty-two
staff volunteers from all over the world, each diagnosed with MS, bring
their talent, experience, and compassion to share with others.  Learning
technology and being a disease expert, gives each staff person the ability
to give to others in a way that only a person with the illness can know.

Meet Kathleen to ask questions and learn more about ways to help each other.

You can read more about Kathleen here:
http://www.msworld.org/Staff/katop.htm

You can read more about MSWorld here: http://www.msworld.org/aboutus.htm

Please join us at MSWorld to chat with Kathleen Wilson.  This will be a
great chat!

Click on this link to chat with Kathleen Wilson!!
http://msworld.chatspace.com/
AOL users click <a href="http://msworld.chatspace.com">HERE</a>

If you haven't registered in ChatSpace here are instructions on how to
register. Please get registered before the chat.  We recommend using
Internet Explorer with ChatSpace. The newer browsers usually work better
with Java. If you are on AOL and your AOL browser doesn't work correctly,
use Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6 and that should solve any problems you might
be having. It is accessed by going to this link.

http://msworld.chatspace.com/
AOL users click <a href="http://msworld.chatspace.com">HERE</a>

To register your nickname click on "Sign Up!" and another browser screen
will open. Fill in your Desired Nickname, First Name, Last Name and Email
address. After you click on "Signup" the MSWorld Chat Guidelines will
appear.  After you have read the guidelines and click "I agree" an email
will be sent to the address you submitted in your registration request.  You
must click the link in the email that is sent in order to verify your email
address. You will then be advised of your nickname and password to sign in
to chat!

Best regards,
Y-von Sosville
Webmaster
Resource Center Manager
LivingMS Editor
MSWorld, Inc.
http://www.msworld.org/
AOL users click <a href="http://www.msworld.org/">HERE</a>