Multiple Sclerosis Awareness

Please help us raise money to aidin the ongoing battle against Multiple Sclerosis! Patients with MS experience partial to total loss of muscle control (the degree of loss depends on the severity of the disease within each individual patient). These patients also experience interrupted communication going to the brain (like a computer glitch) thus, not all of the information is received by the brain. By purchasing this amazing t-shirt for the low price of $15 you will help support further research, services for patients, as well as, events that raise awareness about this degenerative debilitating disease. All funds raised will be presented to The National Multiple Sclerosis Society before the walk on April 25, 2015. This campaign is important tome because of my inspiration and best-friend Andrya Lopez (Annie). Back aroundthe middle of January Annie went to her regular eye doctor for a routine appointment. During this appointment her doctor told her the she had optic nerve damage, or optic neuropathy. Then the doctor proceeded to inform her that optic nerve damage is an early indicator of Multiple Sclerosis so they would need to schedule her an appointment with an Optic Specialist. The office scheduled Annie’s appointment with the specialist for February 4th, nearly 3 weeks following her initial appointment. She told me she was very upset thather doctor, right out of the gate,blindsided her with the possibilitythat she has MS. She said she would have preferredthe doctor would have waited mentioning MSuntil they had moreconclusiveinformation and test results that would warrant the claim that shecould possiblyhaveMS. Annie and I didn’t think it was right that for nearly 3 weeks, because the poor word choices of her eye doctorshe was worried, scared, and a little confused by some of the information she had to obtain, on her own,regardingthe causes, affects, and treatment options associated with/for MS. When she went to the specialist the doctor recommended a MRI. Unfortunately, the MRI on February 9th showed brain lesions, but luckily the MRI and sensory evoke tests on February 24th came back normal. We are hopeful still that it could be something other than MS, but until the day her health care providers 100% rule MS out we are all living and treating/preparing as if she does have MS.Through all the trials and tribulations of our lives together I know without a doubt that she has my back, as well as I do hers. She is the incredible motivating force fueling this campaign. She has always been the rock in our relationship by playing devil’s advocate, giving me non-bias truthful sound advice, and never sparing my feeling by telling me I’m a jerk when I’m being a jerk. Bette Midler said it best… Annie is the wind beneath my wings! Ladies and gentlemen today you have the power to stand up with me and help support Annie and the many others battling MS. I know that 1,000 purchase orders seems like an unrealistic goal but if one man can rally the community and emotionallyinvolve them enough to assist financiallyand bring the original basketball rules back to the University of Kansas in less than 30 days… then I know together we can do this!