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	<title>Diary of a British Expatriate in Helsinki Finland &#187; Multiple Slerosis</title>
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		<title>You Wanted to Make it,I Made it and They Ate it</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GREG BARR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Expatriate Communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living Abroad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mulltiple Sclerosis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Expat Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essayist]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By my own choice I have remained pretty m much aloof from the British crowd of Expats living in Helsinki and greater Finland.I have always chosen to venture alone,preferring to find my own way whether it be from awkward situations that arise in all our lives from time to time or just plain desire to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Finnish Sauna Health Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GREG BARR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finnish People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finnish Sauna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FinnishSauna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living Abroad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multiple Slerosis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Essentiassl Oils]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finnish Sauna culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finnish Saunas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In simple terms,a Sauna is a dry-heat sweat bath and for Finnish People forms the basis of most alternative health therapies  as well as Hydrotherapies in and around the world today.Almost all health clubs,fitness gyms and hotels offer some form of sauna room for their guests and patrons. Finnish Sauna and Turkish Bath There is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Middle England Meeting Forges Best Bet Diet</title>
		<link>http://www.nectareal.com/middle-england-meeting-forges-bet-diet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nectareal.com/middle-england-meeting-forges-bet-diet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 10:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GREG BARR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Expatriate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living Abroad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mulltiple Sclerosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multiple Slerosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visually Impaired]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Bet Diet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blindness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helsinki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MS Diet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multiple Sclerosis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nectareal.com/?p=2478</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I returned home from my two week Psycho-Social course at Iiris Eye Center for the visually disabled late Friday evening.This has been my second 2 week course and the staff all fully trained in each of their disciplines were once again caring,committed and openly showed a warm,loving environment.As I have stated,my main disability is Primary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going back for Psycho-Social Course at Iiris</title>
		<link>http://www.nectareal.com/psychosocial-iiris/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nectareal.com/psychosocial-iiris/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 04:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GREG BARR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Expatriate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helsinki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mulltiple Sclerosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multiple Slerosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visually Impaired]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iiris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pyscho-Social Course]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The day has come and I am off to start a new course at Iiris the Visually Impaired Center.I shall be away until 29 May.This course is entitled Psycho-social course and to tell you the truth,I do not fully understand what the coyurse covers,suffice I have to travel and be resident  at the Iisis center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A re-union with Iiris</title>
		<link>http://www.nectareal.com/reunion-iiris/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GREG BARR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Expatriate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helsinki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living Abroad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multiple Slerosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visually Impaired]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blindness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House Bound]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iiris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[InterNations]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nectareal.com/?p=2255</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I received a phone call last week from a psychologist asking if I would be prepared to go on another course at Iiris;The visually impaired center in Helsinki.As some may know I was there for two weeks some 5 months ago.I have had many follow up consultations,a huge amount of visual aids dispensed to me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>life style blogger reckons with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis</title>
		<link>http://www.nectareal.com/life-style-blogger-reckons-primary-progressive-multiple-sclerosis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nectareal.com/life-style-blogger-reckons-primary-progressive-multiple-sclerosis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GREG BARR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Expatriate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helsinki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multiple Slerosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visually Impaired]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expatriate blog Helsinki Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life style]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multiple Sclerosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neurologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primary progressive multiple sclerosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The British Blog Diary]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nectareal.com/?p=1852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With every thing that has been going on in my life in the last 4 years,I finally got around to thinking of my current situation and life style.When I say”I finally got round to thinking”,I meant the penny dropped.I have have been diagnosed with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis,declared 100% visually disabled,have lost a considerable amount [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Returning white cane changes life</title>
		<link>http://www.nectareal.com/returning-white-cane-changes-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nectareal.com/returning-white-cane-changes-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GREG BARR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Helsinki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multiple Slerosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visually Impaired]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[welcome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blind]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Something I have become more aware of lately,iI must admit,I would be at the fs the amount of small things we become unaware of in our daily wanderings through life.I must admit I would be up there in the front of the queue if the day of reckoning was to fall on me now.But its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embryonic Wars,good riddance Bush;Welcome Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.nectareal.com/embryonic-warsgood-riddance-bushwelcome-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nectareal.com/embryonic-warsgood-riddance-bushwelcome-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GREG BARR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multiple Slerosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[welcome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Embryonic Stem Cell Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multiple Sclerosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President G.W.Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stem Cells]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nectareal.com/?p=1564</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well the winter is upon us in Helsinki Finland,the nights are getting darker and colder;which for all intents and purposes does not really affect a blind person(The darkness I mean)I am learning to use my remaining senses,touch most importantly,hearing and smell along with taste.The Helsinki Central Hospital have again been a source of seemingly  endless [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish Buffet to lose first White Cane</title>
		<link>http://www.nectareal.com/finnish-buffet-to-lose-first-white-cane/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nectareal.com/finnish-buffet-to-lose-first-white-cane/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GREG BARR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helsinki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visually Impaired]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[welcome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finnish Buffet]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nectareal.com/finnish-buffet-to-lose-first-white-cane/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well I have had my first hick-up with  being blind.I was out in Helsinki,Finland the other day and decided I would stop in a local Finnish Lunch place,serving a traditional Finnish buffet table.I sat at a table,placing my white cane next to me,so as not to disturb other eaters The feeling of being independent I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visually Disabled but still enabled</title>
		<link>http://www.nectareal.com/visually-disabled-but-still-enabled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nectareal.com/visually-disabled-but-still-enabled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GREG BARR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multiple Slerosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visually Impaired]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[welcome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blindness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visually Disabled]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nectareal.com/?p=1539</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As some readers are aware,I returned home after 2 weeks in Iiris(An assessment centre for Visually disabled people and people who suffer from blindness.This assessment confirmed to me that my worsening vision is a direct result of Multiple Sclerosis. I entered the centre on Monday morning with an open mind and eyes(not a pun).I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Returned home from Visually Impaired assessment</title>
		<link>http://www.nectareal.com/returned-home-from-visually-impaired-assement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nectareal.com/returned-home-from-visually-impaired-assement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GREG BARR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visually Impaired]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iiris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White Cane]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nectareal.com/?p=1524</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi once again This morning I have just returned from iris, a visually impaired assessment center..The whole experience was to Say the very least,very beneficial and eye opening(no pun).I have been assessed as 100% visually impaired and as a result have been issued with a White Cane I first need to catch up with overdue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I go to a Visually Impaired Clinic for two weeks  ,Today</title>
		<link>http://www.nectareal.com/i-go-to-a-visually-impaired-clinic-for-two-weeks-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nectareal.com/i-go-to-a-visually-impaired-clinic-for-two-weeks-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GREG BARR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multiple Slerosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iiris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multiple Sclerosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visually Impaired]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nectareal.com/?p=1500</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well the final day has dawned.Meaning in 2 hours I head of to Iiris the Visually Impaired rehabilitation clinic for two weeks.This is a one-man  blog,which unfortunately means that there will be no further posts for the next two weeks.This is all new to me.So,I really am being open minded about it.I hope readers that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cannot see My Wife for Tea Bags</title>
		<link>http://www.nectareal.com/cannot-see-my-wife-for-tea-bags/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nectareal.com/cannot-see-my-wife-for-tea-bags/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GREG BARR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Helsinki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multiple Slerosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[welcome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visually Impaired]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nectareal.com/?p=1477</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A short while back I saw my Finnish Ophthalmologist and was given a prescription for some eye glasses.Well it seems that my vision has worsened yet again.As some of you are from previous posts I suffer from Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis.I took the news with a pinch of salt,when I first heard it.I was aware [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living in Finland as opposed to the UK</title>
		<link>http://www.nectareal.com/living-in-finland-as-opposed-to-the-uk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nectareal.com/living-in-finland-as-opposed-to-the-uk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GREG BARR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Expatriate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helsinki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living Abroad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multiple Slerosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[welcome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Expat Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finland better than UK]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nectareal.com/?p=1248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was trying to think whyn I feel happier Living in Finland as a British Expatriate,as opposed to residing in th UK.What follows are some observations that I have made. Transport Functions If I or you go to catch a train,the time it should arrive is say 14:15,well in Finland that train pulls into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multiple Sclerosis and my vision</title>
		<link>http://www.nectareal.com/multiple-sclerosis-and-my-vision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nectareal.com/multiple-sclerosis-and-my-vision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GREG BARR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multiple Slerosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[welcome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multiple Sclerosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vision]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nectareal.com/?p=776</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well,as you may know from my About Myself page,I suffer or not suffer fromPPMS(Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis).This if you are unaware,is an inflammatory disease of The Central Nervous System-Brain and Spinal cord.I have had many discussions with my Neurologist and what that translates into is,that it is a disease of the white matter tissue.You may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish Health Care,A Beacon of Efficiency</title>
		<link>http://www.nectareal.com/finnish-health-carea-beacon-of-efficiency/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nectareal.com/finnish-health-carea-beacon-of-efficiency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GREG BARR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multiple Slerosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finnish Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helsinki Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lumbar puncture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MRI]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nectareal.com/?p=221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Finnish Health Care system proved to be both efficient and caring too me.In the Spring of 2004 My wife noticed that I was suffering with severe calf cramps in my sleep.Whilst at the time I did not notice;I did feel tired through the days.My wife suggested that I pay a visit too my local [...]]]></description>
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