When Charles Wienbar was diagnosed with MS in 1994, the scariest thought for him was the possibility that he might end up in a wheelchair. For Charles, that possibility could mean a drastic change in lifestyle; it could mean the end of skiing, mountain biking, running on the beach and hikes in the woods with his family. He thought, “That’s a very scary life I could be living. I don’t know if I can do this.”
For the first three years after his diagnosis Charles was symptom-free. Eventually he began to use a cane and for the last eight or nine years he has been in a wheelchair.
Prior to his diagnosis Charles was an avid skier. He was always the first one on the slopes in the morning, eating his lunch on the chairlift to squeeze in extra runs, and timing himself perfectly so if he was at the bottom of the hill at 3:59 PM he could get one more chairlift ride and be the last person off the slopes at the end of the day. His love of fresh powder wasn’t going to stop just because he could no longer ski the “conventional” way.
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Source: The Myelin Repair Foundation
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