Know Multiple Sclerosis

Celebrity star power is a great way to raise awareness for any cause.  Michael J. Fox has done it with Parkinson's disease.  Christopher Reeve did it with spinal cord injuries.  Multiple Sclerosis is missing a big name advocate.

Yes, we have country singer Clay Walker who has done some good work.  David Lander, Montel Williams, Terri Garr and others have all revealed they have the disease.

But, we're missing someone who can accomplish what Michael J. Fox  and Christopher Reeve have done - increase awareness and thereby significantly increase private and public funding for the cause.  This is a great example of one person having the power to potentially change the lives of thousands of people.  It's for the good of other human beings, and it also helps themselves by the way.  The more press and the more the public hears about something, the more money will go towards it, and the sooner we will find new therapies.

I would like to call on any celebrity who has multiple sclerosis to come forward and, in doing so, help the cause.  I mention in a previous entry that the question I ask when deciding to disclose my MS is, "Who needs to know?"  If you have the opportunity to change the lives of thousands, I think everyone needs to know.  If I were famous (maybe I will be someday), I hope I would have the courage to do whatever was necessary to advance this cause.  At the end of the day, and at the end of our days, what we leave behind for this world is all that matters.