"Your wife has developed a lesion on her brain."

My wife, Becky (or "Kwipette," as those of you familiar with N3 know her), was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) nearly six years ago. In that time, I like to think I’ve done a pretty good job of coming to terms with what that could mean to us. And perhaps I had. Right up until the words "lesion" and "brain" got tossed out in the same sentence.
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For the past six years, we’ve organized a team for the MS Walk. It’s not huge, but it’s one way that we feel we’re fighting back against MS. We’ve turned to our friends in the Gaming Community for help in the annual MS Walk, and every year they come through with huge outpourings of support and donations. In five years, we’ve raised over $40,000 from your donations. But more importantly to us, you’ve always been there for us. In emails, in chat rooms, in instant messages, and even (gasp) in person, you people have helped us every time we’ve asked.