bearlee
TAKING A BREAK
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This is not meant to be a downer thread. I did this on email and was amazed not only at the response, but the number of authors and readers with similar medical conditions. What you do with this is up to you. In 1998, I was diagnosed with MS. On April 26th I will be doing my 6th MS Walk to raise money for research and assistance for folks with MS. While I have certain continual symptoms, I've been pretty fortunate. Unfortunately, others are not.
MS is an autoimmune disease, one of many actually. They include juvenile diabetes, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and a host of others. I can always provide more info or you can search MS and gets tons of information about it. For me, I'm not looking for sympathy, so please don't take this email that way. But, I am looking for something and I've never been shy about asking; I'm trying to raise money for the Walk.
My guess is you probably know someone with MS. A friend, co-worker, or maybe a relative. I know the walk isn't going to benefit me-maybe, but money raised for research could certainly have an impact on many people in the future. Actually, new medications have been developed and the real research now is in the biomedical area so maybe it could be of benefit to me at some point.
What I'm hoping is you will make a donation I can turn in to at the walk April 26th. Okay, I know people like to remain anonymous here and that's okay. I have that figured out too. You could send a check if you're inclined, but if you want to keep your name and address private, you could always do it with a money order. If you do this, it should not be payable to me. It should be payable to The National MS Society and can be sent to me(I'm not giving my name and address either although some of you already know it and know about the MS) at Lee(or LAT) at P.O. Box 71, Lancaster, Ohio 43130. If just a few people respond, I'll consider this a success.
Thanks in advance,
bearlee(Lee)
MS is an autoimmune disease, one of many actually. They include juvenile diabetes, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and a host of others. I can always provide more info or you can search MS and gets tons of information about it. For me, I'm not looking for sympathy, so please don't take this email that way. But, I am looking for something and I've never been shy about asking; I'm trying to raise money for the Walk.
My guess is you probably know someone with MS. A friend, co-worker, or maybe a relative. I know the walk isn't going to benefit me-maybe, but money raised for research could certainly have an impact on many people in the future. Actually, new medications have been developed and the real research now is in the biomedical area so maybe it could be of benefit to me at some point.
What I'm hoping is you will make a donation I can turn in to at the walk April 26th. Okay, I know people like to remain anonymous here and that's okay. I have that figured out too. You could send a check if you're inclined, but if you want to keep your name and address private, you could always do it with a money order. If you do this, it should not be payable to me. It should be payable to The National MS Society and can be sent to me(I'm not giving my name and address either although some of you already know it and know about the MS) at Lee(or LAT) at P.O. Box 71, Lancaster, Ohio 43130. If just a few people respond, I'll consider this a success.
Thanks in advance,
bearlee(Lee)
