The MS Society sponsors multiple groups which meet at various times and places.  As of early 2008 they had the following: 
 
• Newly Diagnosed / Minimally Affected Group
• Christian Multiple Sclerosis Groups
• Social Group (in Huntersville!)

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The MS Society also sponsors a one-on-one telephone support program. For info about any of these groups, your best bet is to check their web site at the following locations:

Click here for face to face self-help groups.
Click here for their telephone conference program.

For those without internet access, you can call 704/525-2955 weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Option 1 will take you to an information specialist who should be able to look up details or transfer you to the local chapter of interest.  (Click for overview of Multiple Sclerosis resources)

Women with Mild Multiple Sclerosis  (2002) (1292, 740)

This service provides comprehensive data and referral assistance for nonprofit and government resources in the NC counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, and Anson counties and in or near the city of Mooresville, NC.  If you are calling on a landline or residential phone in one of those counties, dial 2-1-1.  If that fails, if you are calling on a cell phone, or if you are calling from anywhere else in NC, call 866/744-7778.  For calls from out of NC, use their local number of 704/377-1100. Although they are open 24 hours a day, you may wish to call weekdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for non-emergency questions.

The friendly staff at this full service library can help you research any medical topic using their up-to-date computers, databases, journals and books.  No previous research experience or medical knowledge is required. Click here for details or call them at 704-384-6393.

MedLinePlus

This service of the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health is one of the better one-stop shops for beginning your search on the internet for medical information.  For those of you who live in Mecklenburg and Union counties in NC, we recommend that you contact the Health Library for more personal assistance from the experts there in searching for reliable medical information. Click here for their details.

Click to link to any of these lists of national groups: 

The Self-Help Sourcebook OnLine Index
The Genetic Alliance
NORD (National Organization for Rare Diseases) Database

Click here to branch to the American Self-Help Clearinghouse listing of toll-free phone numbers for a wide variety of topics.