I've met Janice in my work at FoxNews and I have to say
this story came as a complete shock to me this morning. But that's a big part of how tricky and how tough dealing with MS can be.
One of the most important people in my life, a woman who sort of became my second mom after my mother's passing of cancer when I was in high school, suffers with MS. When she gets her rest things are good. But who among us does that they way we should? And when MS'ers don't it can get really, truly, bad - blindness, potential paralysis, and complete nervous system shut down.
Dean is
talking about it today and I think that prayers for her would be of great encouragement:
“I’ve been thinking about it for a real long time,” she said. “But the way it works with MS is that doctors have to see at least two flare-ups before they can really diagnose you. So even though I had every indication that I had it, I wanted to (be) sure before I put myself out there.”
Dean chose to reveal her condtion this week because it is National MS Awareness Week.
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system, which is made up of the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. Symptoms may include numbness in the limbs. At its worst, MS can result in paralysis or loss of vision, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.