MS Warrior

Meet MS Warrior Gayle Alderfer Fisher She said, “No thank you” to her neurologist and walked away. Gayle Alderfer Fisher faced a pivotal moment in the early 1990s when Multiple Sclerosis first made its presence known during an exceptionally stressful period in her life. She was experiencing a whole host of odd sensations throughout her […]

Martin and Helga – Angkor Wat Ultratrail 2024 Meet MS Warrior Martin Geicsnek I am your twin in Austria! When planning for my “7 marathons on 7 continents” adventure in 2015, I reached out to MS organizations around the world in hopes of meeting other runners with MS. The Austrian MS Society forwarded my email

Tim in the Rock 2 Rock Paddleboard Race, 2019 Meet MS Warrior Tim Salmon Tim Salmon’s journey with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) began like a bad dream. Once an avid surfer and marathon runner, he found himself waking up to numbness and tingling in his right leg. Like most of us in RAMMS, he attributed his

Team Making Strides (on a Bike) at the 2021 Bike MS Chesapeake Challenge Meet MS Warrior Lauren Hyland Written by Diana Moore On a Saturday morning in December 2006, Lauren Hyland of Silver Spring, Maryland, woke up to discover that she had suddenly and completely lost her sight in one eye. She was terrified. Not

Meet MS Warrior Christine Arno written by Christine Arno My first “episode” became undiagnosed. I was in my 20s and life was great. I noticed some issues with vision in my left eye. I went to the Medi-centre and seen the doctor on duty, but he didn’t really see anything. A few days later I

Meet MS Warrior Shannon Zimmerman Written by Amy Zimmerman Shannon’s MS symptoms started after a memorable April 2002 road trip where we visited 10 southeastern states in the U.S. Notably, the 3,000 miles we covered in the car had us making sightseeing stops in hot and humid climates such as South Carolina, Louisiana, and Alabama.

Meet MS Warrior Phoebe Walker Phoebe’s “Dance A Myelin My Shoes” 2021 Written by Phoebe Walker While my personal MS journey medically started in 2001, it was not the first time I had heard of MS. In fact, when I was in elementary school, my uncle on my mother’s side was diagnosed with MS. By

Meet MS Warrior Heather Goodrich There has been scuttlebutt about this year’s Boston Marathon virtual race. People are saying the coveted Boston Marathon medal should only be reserved for “serious runners.” I understand marathoners thrive on being competitive, but people who don’t have the natural ability to qualify for Boston or those who live with

Meet MS Warrior Running Coach Robert Moore Written by Robert Moore Often when people find out that I’m a runner, I get the usual responses of: – I only run if something or someone is chasing me.– When I was in high school, I ran a X:XX mile (usually coming from someone who obviously hasn’t

Meet MS Warrior Maureen Kenney My good friend Maureen Kenney is the type of person who helps others before she takes care of herself. I suppose it comes naturally since she is the proud mother of six. Yes, six kids. She is veri@ably crazy. Her words, not mine! It was a particularly hot and humid