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I am raising awareness for multiple sclerosis and have been for years. Better known as MS, it is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. It interrupts flow of the information within the brain and between the brain and body. Patient symptoms vary and range from numbness and tingling, to blindness and paralysis. It affects more than 400,000 people in the United States.
Our bodies are in constant motion, moving information from the brain to the body. MS stops people from moving by attacking myelin, which protects normal nerve tissue. The damage keeps people from moving smoothly, both inside and out. Many have trouble imagining what life would be without the ability to move, but I know the effects of MS, as I have MS.
I will again take initiative to attend the Carroll County commissioners' meeting and speak with them regarding MS. I will ask them to accept a proclamation I constructed, and recognize Carroll County, being one of the 88 counties in Ohio, that March is MS Awareness Month in the state of Ohio, as signed into law by former governor Robert Taft, on March 2, 2006.
March will be another stepping stone with MS, as there has been announced a new FDA-approved oral medication, Ampyra. Currently the only prescribed MS medications are administered by injections. No information about the drug's cost has been released.
I ask for your help in raising MS awareness because this is a battle we can, and should win.
Edward L. Hale
Carroll County MS Activist
I Have Discovered The Physiological Source of All Happiness!
I've always wondered why I was so silly. Then yesterday, while looking through a copy of my 2009 brain MRI, I was shocked to find my inner smiley face staring right back at me!
This is a completely unretouched copy of what I saw (even though I really really wanted to tint the little smiley face's nose red).
So there you have it. The next time someone tells me to get serious and quit joking around, I'll just show them this picture, and explain that doing so would be a physical impossibility.
UPDATE: Since that time, I have had another MRI, and yes, the smiley face is still there! :)
Ann Romney. Photo by Tony Powell. 2014 Women on the Move Luncheon. Marriott Wardman Park. April 30, 2014
MS Ireland played host to the Friends of the MS Care Centre Luncheon on Friday 27th May and it was a day to remember for all in attendance. Almost 200 of Ireland’s finest businesspeople dined on a sumptuous three course lunch in the extravagant surroundings in the Four Seasons Hotel.
Anne Winslow, Chief Executive of MS Ireland, thanked everyone for becoming a friend of the MS Care Centre and spoke passionately about the importance of the Centre for people with multiple sclerosis across Ireland. Allen O’Connor, Chairperson of MS Ireland, spoke about how MS doesn’t always have to limit your activities or stop you from doing the things you liked to do before you were diagnosed and talked fondly of his travel experiences.
There was complete stillness when Mark Mitchell spoke from the heart about what the MS Care Centre means to him. His time at the Centre means his wife gets to have a well deserved break and joked that taking care of him is no easy feat! The humour and good nature of his words did not overshadow the significance of the Centre and the message that ‘Your friendship is hope’ reached the entire audience.
Neil O’Brien lifted the spirits of the guests with his witty account of the origins of his motivational speaking career. His inspirational words certainly rang true with our hopes and expectations of the luncheon and in turn, the Friends of the Care Centre campaign. We are grateful that he could share them with our guests on this day: “In life, you get what you expect… not what you want.”
With Michael Kelly from PJ O’Dywer Auctioneers at the helm, the auction was a great success with guests bidding on signed and framed Munster and Leinster rugby jerseys and a Millennium Bottle of 27 year old Jameson. The final lot was the original piece by internationally renowned photographer, Tom Lawlor, which was specially commissioned for MS Ireland. The raffle was a lively way to end the day and all of the wonderful prizes, donated to MS Ireland, were well received by their new owners.
Linda Burke, Luncheon Co-Chair Amy Knight. Photo by Tony Powell. 2014 Women on the Move Luncheon. Marriott Wardman Park. April 30, 2014
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is just a disorder characterized by destruction of the myelin sheaths, the protective outer coverings of the nerves within the central nervous system (the brain, optic nerves, and spinal cord). Myelin sheaths are composed mostly of fats; they insulate the nerves and...
Ashley M. Kumlien and Thomas Budde stopped in Carrollton, Ohio on Labor Day 2010. While there I got to meet Tom and Ashley while they stopped for a few moments before heading off to the state of PA. Ashley is in this photo with me, Edward L. Hale. I was diagnosed with MS in 2006 and I am a Carroll County MS Activist.
Step by step, Ashley M. Kumlien is running to make a difference for people battling multiple sclerosis.
She has been running 25-30 miles a day since she left San Francisco in April to raise money for multiple sclerosis research. She plans to reach New York City by Sept. 30. The distance is roughly 3,200 miles. She calculated that she could complete the run in six months by running 20 miles a day.
Her run was inspired by her mother, Jill Kumlien, who was diagnosed with MS 28 years ago. The disease has given her mother seizures and balance issues. Some days she is a little fuzzy; on others she can think clearly. She is losing her fine motor skills.