Former anesthesiologist walking 500 miles for MS awareness — 4 insights

Nichole Taylor, MD, is preparing to walk 500 miles from France to Spain to raise money and awareness for multiple sclerosis, Fox 8 reports.

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Here’s what you should know.

1. Dr. Taylor was diagnosed with MS in 2010. She woke up one day and the left side of her body was “very heavy … and difficult to move around.” She was diagnosed with relapsing and remitting MS soon thereafter.

2. She found a medication that managed to suppress her symptoms.

3. Dr. Taylor is going to travel the Camino de Santiago trail in May 2019. People traveling the trail place stones, representing a burden they carry at Cruz de Ferro in León, Spain.

4. She and her daughters paint stones and leave them at places the visit. Each stone has a link to her MS awareness Facebook Group, Finish MS. She will also leave a stone at Cruz de Ferro.
https://www.facebook.com/FinishMS/

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