Why donate to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and what is MS?
The National MS Society is the largest private sponsor of MS research in the world. They support research and training projects aimed at finding the cause of MS, better treatments, and a cure and are currently spending over $30 million a year for over 300 MS investigations. Where’s the money going? Most is going to the the University of California, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Wayne State University, Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. What is MS? Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. Symptoms may be mild, such as numbness in the limbs, or severe, such as paralysis or loss of vision. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, but the unpredictable physical and emotional effects can be life-long. Why I think I can cycle 175 miles in two days? Ever since I met a 83 year-old cyclist representing his state in the 1999 Senior Cycling Nationals at DisneyWorld I
