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Brett’s Blog: A Peer’s Perspective on MS
Meet Brett, husband, father, and PGA professional golfer living with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) since 1995. Brett knows firsthand what it takes to live with a chronic illness.
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When you sign up below, you’ll be notified by e-mail when Brett updates his blog with tips, advice, and his thoughts on living with MS. You’ll get to know Brett and how he takes control of living with MS to make MS a part of his life, rather than be his life.
Brett has walked in your shoes; his goal is to share what inspires him to get out of bed every day and do what he loves—spend time with his wife and son, work at and enjoy a rewarding, gratifying profession, and meeting and talking with people like you who are living with MS.
Golf, Motorcycles and Other Hobbies: How I Integrate Them With MS
Although hearing that you've been diagnosed with MS is a life-altering moment, there are plenty of aftershocks that occur later. Once you've gone through the full range of emotions, an entire series of secondary thoughts, questions and worries arise. For me, it was things like "How will MS have an effect on the things I love to do, like riding my motorcycle?" and "Will I still be able to play competitive golf against those who are 100% healthy?"
Although I was overwhelmed with an overall immediate panic when I was informed that I would never be able to golf professionally again, this quickly passed. I realized that one thing that no doctor could diagnose was my will and determination to not allow MS to control my life and prevent me from doing the thing I love.
Remember—you have MS, MS does not have you, nor should it define what you're capable of achieving. I never gave up on my dreams and neither should you. So get out there and don't let MS keep you from living the life you love and loving the life you live.
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Posted: February 2013
