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I thank you in advance for your indulgence. I am going to invite you to support my sister in her ride this weekend for Multiple Sclerosis. She has been doing it for many years. The below text will make clear why it is so important to me.
The Examiner has provided a great platform for me to reach out to people all over the world. If you are moved by this, and wish to forward it to someone you think may help my sister reach, or better yet, exceed her goals, that would be great. I will be pledging my Examiner pay check for the entire month of September to her endeavors.
In the past, this has been hard for me, and it still is, but it's also easy.
It's tough to ask people for money, even in good times, and it's especially challenging now, but its also all the more important.
Feel free to close this and move on, but for those who have stuck around, here's the deal:
My mom had Multiple Sclerosis for the last forty years of her life, spending the last 25 in a wheel chair.
I was the oldest of her three kids, and when I was 9, we spearheaded an annual carnival for MS, that over the next decade raised almost $100,000. Mom was our reluctant, but cooperative, "poster child."
We continued to be involved in fund raising for many years in my Mom's memory; none more so than my sister Susan, who rides in bike-a-thons every year, now with her husband and her own three children
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In an ironic twist, five years ago, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. I, too, became a reluctant, but willing "poster child."
And my sister and her family continue joins thousands of others across the country, riding for the cause.
Here's where the real twist happens. Since last year's event, my sister Susan was formally diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, and has undertaken one of the injection therapies. And she continues, with her family to ride. But the poster is getting crowded, as mom and I move over to make room for the new "poster child."
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But this is why supporting the battle against MS is so important.
My sister and I are both still working full time jobs, and leading full and active lives. I know many people with MS who are able to say the same thing. Why? Because the therapies that are available, many of them less than ten years old. Therapies that have proven to dramatically slow the progression of this debilitating disease. Treatments that available, thanks in part to years of carnivals, bike-a-thons, and generous people like you, who have read this far.
And in the next year or two, instead of needing to almost 200 injections every year, we may be able to get even more effective treatments,with fewer side effects, taking a pill.
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Doctors were able to diagnose both my sister and I with MRI technology and data that didn't exist in my mom's day. Because of that, treatments were able to begin earlier, and it has been shown that the sooner therapy begins, the more likely it is to be effective.
Finally, another study funded by fundraisers like this, that I have been part of for several years, recently announced progress in identifying the suspected genetic propensity that has MS striking people in the same family.
Last year, my sister was very successful at raising money. This is a difficult year. If everyone who reads this sends a dollar, she will do great.
I apologize, but I am going to shamelessly send this to as many people as I can. I also apologize to any of you who receive this more than once.
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For more info: Thank you again for your patience, your indulgence, and any support you wish to offer Susan in her efforts. Feel free to yell at me here
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