Individuals with MS can find themselves coordinating between neurologists, therapists, and specialists while tracking unpredictable flares. That's exhausting and confusing. Solace MS advocates—medical professionals with neurological experience—can:
Best of all, most patients pay nothing out of pocket.
Karen S.
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Karen has 33 years of experience. She excels in healthcare systems, insurance claims, and medical bill negotiations.
Linda C.
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Linda has experience with hospital legal and risk management. She ensures proper care and benefits while navigating complexities.
Terri L.
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Terri has 26 years of experience as an Occupational Therapist. She specializes in aging life care and caregiver support.
Ryan C.
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Ryan is an advocate and critical care flight paramedic with over 11 years of experience focusing on healthcare navigation.
When managing MS, otherwise easy tasks like scheduling appointments, arranging transportation, and organizing paperwork can feel frustrating and overwhelming.
An advocate can help. They’ll make the calls, manage the appointments, and keep your records organized so you can focus on what matters most: enjoying a better quality of life.
Treating multiple sclerosis is complicated. Unlike many other diseases, treating MS often involves physical therapists, occupational therapists, dieticians, and more.
An experienced care advocate will serve as your central point of contact. They’ll keep your doctors coordinated, your health records centralized, and everyone focused on the same goal—getting you the care you deserve.
Suffering from MS can feel exhausting and isolating. Having someone to talk to, someone who really gets it, can make all the difference.
Your Solace advocate understands what you’re going through and will be there to listen when you need them most. They can be a shoulder to lean on when times get hard and a voice of reason when nothing seems to make sense.
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With Solace, you get both a patient advocate and a supporting physician, which we refer to as your “care team”.
Your advocate will be there to manage the day to day aspects of your care: coordinating with doctors, researching potential solutions and communicating updates to you.
Your supporting physician can unlock resources for you and your advocate that might otherwise be out of reach.
Multiple sclerosis requires management from numerous specialists, including neurologists, physical therapists, ophthalmologists, and mental health professionals, creating a complex web of appointments and recommendations. Solace MS advocates serve as your central coordination hub, ensuring these specialists communicate effectively and work toward cohesive treatment goals. They organize scattered medical records from different providers into one comprehensive system that tracks your MS progression, treatment responses, and changing symptoms over time. Your advocate schedules appointments strategically to minimize fatigue and schedules follow-ups at optimal intervals based on your specific MS pattern. This coordinated approach transforms fragmented specialty care into a unified treatment strategy where each provider builds upon the others' insights rather than working in isolation.
The MS treatment landscape evolves rapidly, with new disease-modifying therapies, symptom management approaches, and clinical trials emerging regularly. Solace advocates stay current with these developments, researching treatment options specifically relevant to your MS type, symptom profile, and disease progression. They explain complex treatment mechanisms and potential benefits in clear language, helping you understand how different medications affect your immune system and neurological processes. Your advocate navigates the often challenging insurance approval process for expensive MS medications, preparing documentation that demonstrates medical necessity and managing appeals when coverage is initially denied. This specialized knowledge ensures you can access optimal treatments without becoming overwhelmed by technical research or insurance battles during symptomatic periods.
Multiple sclerosis presents uniquely variable symptoms that can fluctuate daily and progressively change over time, requiring constant adaptation in daily routines. Solace advocates help develop flexible systems for managing these unpredictable changes, creating contingency plans for high-symptom days and strategies for conserving energy during remissions. They research assistive technologies and accommodations specific to your most challenging symptoms, whether related to mobility, vision, cognition, or fatigue. Your advocate connects you with occupational therapists who specialize in MS adaptations and helps implement their recommendations in practical ways. This proactive planning transforms the unpredictability of MS from a constant disruption into a manageable aspect of life with established protocols for different symptom scenarios.
The chronic, progressive nature of multiple sclerosis requires sustainable support systems that can evolve alongside changing needs over decades. Solace advocates help construct these comprehensive networks, connecting you with MS support groups, identifying mental health professionals experienced with chronic illness, and locating MS-specific community resources in your area. They facilitate difficult conversations with family members about changing capabilities and support needs, helping establish realistic expectations and effective communication patterns. Your advocate assists with workplace accommodation requests when necessary and researches long-term care options that maintain independence while providing appropriate support. This holistic approach acknowledges that MS affects every aspect of life and creates multi-layered support structures that promote wellbeing despite the challenges of living with a chronic neurological condition.