Multiple Sclerosis: Not a Win-or-Lose Game

I’ve often said that living with multiple sclerosis (MS) isn’t a death sentence — it’s a life sentence. What I mean by that is that (in most cases) we quite literally don’t die from multiple sclerosis, we die with MS. We are sentenced to a life of living with this disease, and that means trying to find a way over, under, around, or through the mountains that are dropped in our paths. Different Games, Different Ranking Systems Maybe it’s because of two sporting events that converged this weekend, but I’m beginning to think of this “living with MS” thing another way as well. The NCAA basketball tournament just ended, with my “local” team making it all the way to the finals. And my local GAA football team fell through some unexpected cracks and has made it to the finals, too. The tournament style of play that I’ve been used to in America for my whole life was a win-or-go-home game. No second chances. You are judged on your performance of the day, and it doesn’t matter by how much you win or lose a game. You either win or you lose. In the play of many other sporting contests, aggregate scores, bonus points for goals scored away from home, and spread of a victory or loss can all add up to a “winning” side losing in the long run. And then there is relegation. My Kerry GAA football team is in division I, but we were dangerously close to relegation to division II this past Sunday as we hadn’t performed all that well in the league this year. If t...
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