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|Le’Sha Hairston |
|10/10/2012 |
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Multiple Sclerosis and Living Life
Le’Sha Hairston
University Composition and Communication ll COM/156
Trista McCombs
Multiple sclerosis and Living Life
As a person with the disease! Knowing the effects first hand, Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease. With MS, the body 's white blood cells attack tissues called myelin. Changes to your diet and life style can help slow down the effects of multiple sclerosis. Some days will be better than others, but a normal life can be lived with the disease. June 24, 2004 eight years ago I was diagnosed with “Multiple Sclerosis”. A quote from talk show host, author, actor, and philanthropist “Montel Williams”, when the neurologist said those words- “you have (MS)” it hit me like a ton of bricks. “I thought I was diagnosed with a death sentence”. As a person with the disease! Knowing the effects first hand, Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease. With MS, the body 's white blood cells attack tissues called myelin. Changes to your diet and life style can help slow down the effects of multiple sclerosis. Some days will be better than others, but a normal life can be
References: www.cnn.com www.mslifelines.com www.montelwilliams.com www.apolllolibrary.com www.everydayhealth.com