This is MY journey with MS! I give you my thoughts, feelings, hopes, and prayers. My wish that one day this disease will come to an end. That one day there will be a cure. For now, I hold on to possibility. I HOPE this will help and inspire not only myself but others.
Thank You Thomas Beasley!
Cross-country cycler spins wheels for MS
"Thomas Beasley wanted his life to matter, so he got on his bicycle.
He set out to raise $100,000 for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. In 15 years, he's raised $103,000, criss-crossing the country with a Cannondale mountain bike, spandex, Gatorade and the kindness of strangers.
The quest began in 1991, a year after his best friend and mentor, John Toodle, died of multiple sclerosis. At the time, the 6-foot, 22-year-old Beasley weighed about 150 pounds and was training for the Tour de France, riding 100 miles a day.
The friends planned to do the Tour de France together. It would have cost $100,000 for both.
"My grandma always said to make my life count for something," he said."
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- Jaime
- I was diagnosed with MS in 2004, have been through all of the FDA approved treatments I qualify for and now am participating in the HALT MS Study. This is my story...my life with MS (among other things).
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4 comments:
Wow ... 103K ... that's a chunk of change! Hat's off to him!
AWESOME!
AWESOME!!
Hi, I am a fiend of Thomas's and have moved to Germany would like to contack him and se if he want toride in Germany. If you have anyway ofcontacting him that would help. My name is Suzanne and my email is Suziemjohnson@yahooo.com/ Thanks
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