Saturday, August 19, 2006

Multiple Sclerosis

Dear folks,

Please, if you know of any one who is coping with Multiple Sclerosis, ask them to mail me at nirupama.kapoor@gmail.com

I know a lady who is suffering from this disease. She is under proper medical care at one of the best hospitals in India. She is weak but is now able to walk around.

I need to get in touch with people who are coping with this. We need practical advice on coping strategies, diet, life style changes that may help her. I have gone through the material on the net. I have also become a member of a list and a group related to Multiple Sclerosis.

Please pass this message to as many people as possible. Last time when the message about “poorly differentiated embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma” was passed around, many people I have never met, came forward. They have been very helpful. I am extremely grateful to them and to all of you who passed the message around.

The young teenager suffering from embryonal rhabdomysarcoma has scored 89% in his class X exam. It is a remarkable achievement considering all those visits for check ups, medication for secondary infections and those horrible side effects of radio and chemo therapies. He is well so far. He is painting, writing lyrics and studying.

What is important is not the score but the spirit. We are all here on planet earth just for a while. We are all bound to some extent by our inheritance; genetic, cultural, social. What matters is the kind of people we choose to become; how we live, think and act.

Thanking you,
Nirupma Kapoor