Navigation

Media

Resources

Link to Us

Affiliates

Learn Why: Multiple Sclerosis

On May 22, 2006, Betty Schifter died in her sleep. At age 44, Betty first began to lose the ability to walk, and her condition deteriorated gradually until she lost all use of her legs. At first, she was able to move the wheelchair with her arms, but she eventually lost the use of them both. For the last ten years of her life, Betty sat in a chair completely unable to move. She required around-the-clock nurse care to be fed, bathed, and transferred between her chair and her bed. For forty years Betty Schifter had battled Multiple Sclerosis, a devastating disease that destroys the nerves of the body.

Betty Schifter was the most wonderful grandmother I could have asked for. Her most significant characteristic was her generosity—she was an endless giver both of her possessions and her love. Although my grandmother existed in dead body, her remarkable intellect and sense of humor stayed with her to the very end, which made her deterioration all the more frustrating and unbearable to witness.

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is a non-profit organization fighting to end the devastating effects of Multiple Sclerosis. If you know someone who is living with MS or has been destroyed by it, or if you simply wish to learn more about this worthy cause, you can visit http://www.nationalmssociety.org/ to get involved.

Thank you for reading.

~Michael Gluck