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Multiple sclerosis is not just a very spread condition, nonetheless it may do lots of damage. Multiple sclerosis affects the nerves of one’s central nerve system, causing many problems. With respect to the symptoms that you’ve, multiple sclerosis may be of three types. The sort of...
From this communications trailer, a team of highly skilled radio operators help orchastrate the support on the course.
One of the most important monasteries in the Khumbu region. A spiritual centre for the area, we were lucky to take part in a ceremony here.
Taken by Aparna Guha
My boyfriend surprised me by putting up a Happy Birthday sign in our apartment. I actually got emotional because no one has ever done that for me before.
My Mom was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis on my 17th birthday. That day, I stayed home for nearly six hours while my parents were at the neurologists’ office getting the results of her MRI. That day, they canceled my birthday dinner plans and gave me my gifts in passing. The day was a blur.
After that, my birthday wasn't so much ignored, but a reminder of what happened. Even though the MS wouldn't affect her until February 14th of the following year (yet another holiday with bitter feelings), July 31st was the day it began.
I ended up planning my own birthdays, making my own special birthday dinner, and for a few years, ordered my own gifts on behalf of my parents. I often had to remind them it was coming up. It didn't make for the best memories. My birthday was no longer a cause for celebration and I was OK with that after a while.
When I began going out with my boyfriend, I was taken aback that we began actually celebrating my birthday and the day truly became my own. I'm still "confused" by it and often don't know how to react. Hearing him say, “Whatever you want. It’s your birthday” still brings a tear to my eye.
So a simple sign like that on the wall can really put me over the emotional edge.
This is Bernie. She's been fighting multiple sclerosis and has charged into the role of patient advocate. Every year at the MS-150 bicycle ride, she sits by the side of the road, about 4 miles from the start of Day 2's ride. She embraces the task of waving and saying "Thank you" to every single one of the thousands of riders who pass by.
The riders start early, well before dawn. She waits until the last one has passed, and then she is quickly driven 45 miles up the road to a rest area, which she and her friends sponsor. Their goal is to make that rest area the highest-energy rest area of the entire ride. Music, dancing, singing, the works. Last year, she even got out of her wheelchair for a while and joined the dancing, but this year, unfortunately, she can't do that any more.