• The champion runner who feels no pain and collapses after every race: Inside the incredible world of
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[video=youtube;prkN2In3HzE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prkN2In3HzE[/video] [QUOTE]She is one of the fastest long-distance runners in the United States. But at the end of every race, 18-year-old Kayla Montgomery collapses, crying for help, unable to feel her legs. She has Multiple Sclerosis. The degenerative disease damages nerve endings, which disrupts communication between the body and brain, resulting in loss of muscle control. As Kayla's body warms up, her legs fall completely numb. It is not until she covers her body in ice and cold water that her symptoms subside. Incredibly, that doesn't stop her from competing in national level tournaments, as revealed in a Catching Kayla, an ESPN documentary. At the age of 14 Kayla was an avid soccer player about to start her freshman year at Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, when she collapsed and felt a tingling sensation in her toes. A scan revealed early signs of MS. For eight months, she lost all feeling in her body. Her mother, a care worker, said the diagnosis made her feel sick. Kayla locked herself in her room. She said: 'I didn't let anybody in my room I just wanted to be alone. 'And I was mad. I was just really mad. I couldn't see why this had happened to me. [/QUOTE] [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2852037/The-champion-runner-feels-no-pain-collapses-race-Inside-incredible-world-Kayla-18-refuses-let-MS-crush-high-flying-athletics-career.html[/url] Multiple Sclerosis is a terrible disease.
Well that is really inspirational.
and here i am complaining that my feet hurt after walking to the store
[QUOTE=Bathtub;46667525]and here i am complaining that my feet hurt after walking to the store[/QUOTE] Her's don't so your complaining is valid.
This is one of my worst nightmares. To slowly lose control over my body, or to stop sensing the world around me, go permanently blind, deaf or immobile, for no reason at all. Shit's terrifying.
My mom dodged the MS bullet. We were unknowing for 2 weeks if she had MS or not. Luckily she didn't. Now trying to figure out what IS causing her arm and leg to hurt during movement.
As soon as I saw this thread I instantly knew that it was a title copy/pasted specifically from a Daily Mail article :v:
What a champ and good for her.
As someone who has MS, I am just really thankful that there are meds who can slow it down and even stop it from getting worse. But I'll never be cured of it. They are right about losing the feeling of pain and it hitting back really, [I]really [/I]hard when you run. It feels like your legs are on fire and your lungs are about to give out, but there is no serious pain involved. Just the feeling that you're about to die. That's the only way I can describe it, really.
My mother has MS and I can also confirm it is really terrifying. She once had terrible spine pain that was so awful she said she would of killed herself if she had the option, my mother would never consider suicide in any other situation. She was once immobile in bed for weeks due to being completely numb in the legs, she was convinced she would never walk again during the whole thing too. She sometimes gets the feeling of going numb again but it goes away and she cries in relief. Luckily, like MendozaMan said there is meds for it and she has been much better since taking it. She still struggles but it makes her happy knowing she can just walk and not live a life that's only misery and pain. Kudos to this woman, she's awesome.
Dad's been suffering with it in both legs and his right arm for years now. Med's are improving though so he doesn't relapse as often as he used to.
My great aunt had MS, just died last year. The only thing that kept her going was THC, and she lived years past her doctor's timeline for her.
My grandfather coached an Olympic 800 runner and had some guys with world-records for a while. I almost broke watching her run into her coach's arms at the end of the race because I know my dad or grandfather would do the same. It's just one of those things that triggers really strong emotions for me.
Jeez I wonder if this effects her sex life at all. Yikes
My weed dealer has MS. Weed is literally all that keeps him going. He lost sight in one eye, and has really bad vision in the other one but he says THC helps him more than any tablets ever did, which he stopped taking.
I'm an athlete myself and god damn, if that's not the greatest inspiration that I have ever seen, then I don't know. She is amazing!
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