Above is a picture of Arty and his Beautiful wife (whom we'll call Opera), and their beautiful, darling little girl. In this picture they are at my wedding ceremony.
This was approximately 1 - 2 months after Opera was diagnosed with MS.
MS is Multiple Sclerosis. But what exactly is that?
MS is a neurological disease that affects many people, but for some reason, it favors women.
With MS, an immune cell that your body produces, begins to attack your body.
Not just any part of your body is attacked. To be specific, the myelin sheath is attacked.
The myelin sheath covers the nerve fibers and functions to increase the rate of transmission impulses as well as insulates and protects the nerve fiber(s).
As the sheath is broken down, transmission is blocked, interrupted, or distorted.
For Opera, she lost the vision in one of her eyes temporarily.
I am sure that this was a very scary experience for Opera. She is a very strong woman.
Not only am I riding in the MS bike tour, but Opera is as well. Opera is going to ride 40 miles.
I plan to ride 75 miles, as does my other sister-in-law (whom we'll call Alaska).
The boys (B, Arty, and Delaware) are all planning on doing 100 miles. Delaware did the 100 miles last year. He is such a trooper!!!
So I do ask of you to donate like crazy.
I ride for MS because it's personal now!
