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  Local Woman Honors Nephew in Military, Supports Husband with Multiple Sclerosis web posted March 23, 2010 AIKEN – Jeannie Cato, a long-time resident of Aiken, S.C., encourages her 2010 Walk MS team to fight multiple sclerosis for everyone struggling with the disease – including her husband Tony, diagnosed with MS in 2002. Within three years, the disease had severely impaired his ability to walk, confining him to a wheelchair. As her husband’s condition worsened, Cato’s determination to get involved increased. Cato has been a Walk MS team captain since 2004, and she has already recruited 76 team members for the 2010 Walk MS Aiken, held May 1 at the Aiken County Library, 314 Chesterfield Street South. “Tony struggles with the smallest of tasks that most of us take for granted,” said Cato. “We hope to put an end to this devastating disease.” Cato’s Walk MS team – named Tony’s Troops, in honor of her husband and her nephew Brent Sharpe, who was serving in Iraq at the time the team was created – has raised approximately $65,000 to fight multiple sclerosis since 2004. Along with her teammates, Jeannie Cato will walk one to five miles in support of her husband and everyone struggling with the disease. “The most rewarding part of being a team captain is knowing that, even though Tony is the one with MS, I am doing everything I can to help him and the others that struggle with multiple sclerosis,” said Cato. “My nephew is being deployed to Afghanistan this month, so he won’t be able to walk with us this year, but Tony’s Troops will be there in force!” The walk raises funds for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Mid-Atlantic Chapter. The Chapter serves over 8,000 people with MS in western North Carolina and all of South Carolina by funding cutting-edge research and providing educational programs and other services for people affected by MS. For more information or to register for Walk MS Aiken, contact Linda Zulli-Trumbauer by phone at (704) 525-5906 or via e-mail at linda.trumbauer@nmss.org. About Multiple Sclerosis MS is a chronic, unpredictable neurological disease that most often strikes otherwise healthy adults generally between the ages of 20-50. MS can cause blurred vision, loss of balance, poor coordination, slurred speech, tremors, numbness, extreme fatigue, problems with memory and concentration, paralysis, and blindness. These problems may be permanent, or they may come and go. Studies show that early and ongoing treatment with an FDA-approved therapy can reduce future disease activity and improve quality of life for many people with multiple sclerosis. Talk to your health care professional and contact the National MS Society at http://www.nationalmssociety.org or 1-800-FIGHT-MS to learn about ways to help manage multiple sclerosis and about current research that may one day reveal a cure. © Copyright 2010
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