DL: What do your friends and family think about you running marathons with MS?

Q: DL: What do your friends and family think about you running marathons with MS?

SW: I think (you'd have to ask them, to be sure) they find it inspirational and, I hope, comforting. The reason I say comforting is that I hope it demonstrates that my diagnosis of MS was not a prediction of my early demise or a quick onset of handicap, but rather more of a life-changing event. This event can either be positive or negative, and it's up to me to choose the path.

SW: I think (you’d have to ask them, to be sure) they find it inspirational and, I hope, comforting. The reason I say comforting is that I hope it demonstrates that my diagnosis of MS was not a prediction of my early demise or a quick onset of handicap, but rather more of a life-changing event. This event can either be positive or negative, and it’s up to me to choose the path.