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Arriving at Gorak Shep at 5164 m. This was the highest Aaron and I had ever slept. My face was tingling and the air was thin, but Kala Patthar was at our door-step!
Taken by Aparna Guha
Zoe Burr, MSIF's Head of International Development, visited the Federación Española para la Lucha contra la Esclerosis Múltiple (FELEM) office in Madrid, Spain. Pictured (l-r) Sabinne Paz-Vergara, Administrator, Pedro Carrascal Rueda, CEO, Zoe Burr,
Sandra Fernández Villota, Communications and Montse.
All the equipment you see in the photo is what it takes to get me from point A to point B - I have MS.
About five years ago I was having some problems with my right foot and ankle - I thought I had sprained it, but I could not figure out how I did so - it turned out to be MS.
Of those diagnosed with MS, less than 10% receive this news after their 50th birthday; However, long shots do come in.
Canon PowerShot A510
that i have MS.
it doesn't hurt (yet), but the medication does. not the actual injection, but the side effects.
i could forget, if it wasn't for these.
blogged at: mommyknows.com/a-daily-reminder/
Paralyzed Veterans of America hosts its third annual Summit + EXPO, bringing together top researchers and health professionals to share best practices and learn about the latest research, treatments and therapies in spinal cord injury/disease and multiple sclerosis (MS) health care. To learn more about Summit 2013, please visit www.pva.org/summit2013.
Her second surgery, on Wednesday, removed the armature that had been emplanted in her bones. Now, she's in a brace for a while. Visiting nurses have been faithful. And, pharmaceuticals make the pain more bearable.
She's walking better! And, she's home with her family. No more nursing home. Thanks for all your thoughts, prayers, and "positive energy," over the last four weeks or so.
Now over 3000 m we started to see yaks..and lots of them taking up gear and supplies throughout the mountains. Incredible beasts.
Taken by Aaron McCourtie
I don't do self's. Don't know why, its to intimate, to challenging. Today was to introspective. Sometimes in life you are put in a place for a reason, to see what you need to see and learn what you need to learn.
Today lifes ironies have had the best of me. I'm tired, I'm emotionally done. I had left what I thought was a pointless and silly meeting at the local MS chapter and was driving home when I passed him on the street corner. I drove shaking for 4 blocks before I pulled over and turned the car around. I rolled the window down as he hobbled over to my car, one hand gripping his cane, the other the message that caught my heart "I have MS. Can't afford my meds or food, anything helps."
I shook all the way home and burst into tears when my mom answered the phone. I think she thought I was hurt as I was stammering about how I know it was stupid, but I didn't care and to please don't ever let me end up like that. I know there are a million reasons as to why I shouldn't have- but there are a plenty as to why I did.
The pile of meds that I am fortunate enough to have access too. The wonderful support that I get from my friends and family. The fact that I get help without ever asking and without it, I know I would be in a world of hurt. The fact that without my support system I know I wouldn't be as far as I am today (headstrong/stubborn or not). The fact that sometimes a series of events just happens and unfolds and you just have to listen to your heart and follow through. You may not know why you were handed the cards you were, or why you are put in a certain place at a certain time, but sometimes there are reasons.