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On 4/19/09 I am giving all my vcash away (charity thing)

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Buckeye Buh Nim

Buckeye Buh Nim

Loving the Bucks since 1969
Well, I am looking for some help in giving it away, and there is even a Buckeye theme here.

My mother has MS. She was diagnosed in the summer of 1988. In the last twenty years she has not cried, she has not complained, she has not blamed God, Fate, etc.... She has a great attitude about it.

She is the reason we do the MS walk every year, and this post is simply put a stupid ploy for me to get your support in the walk.

Helping is easy and there are many ways.

1. Walk with us. Sign up at National MS Society - Walk Event: 2009 walk MS and join team Hulslander. The walk in Columbus is on 4/18/09 at the Zoo. It is entirely too early in the morning, but so what. If you aren't in Columbus, you can find a walk close to you at WalkMS

2. Eat with us. On Saturday April 11th I am going to the Max & Erma's at Polaris center. Everyone who dines there with a specific form will have 20% of their bill donated to the event. email me for the form and I will get it to you. (note- I do work for Max & Erma's and if the board monitors consider this a plug for us, then I will edit this part out)

3. Donate to our team for the walk. See the link in point one, and donate to team Hulslander. Of course you don't have to sponsor me, find someone else and sponsor them or just give some money to the society. I don't really care.

Now for the Buckeye part.

If you think this is a selfish bit on my part, then here is another way.

You could have dinner with Coach Tressel. On May 21st at the Hilton at Polaris.

National MS Society: Columbus DOC Sponsorship Levels


Now about the vcash. I will give away all my vcash except for 1 vdollar on 4/19/09 to the top three donors to my team from Buckeye Planet. Yes it's goofy, but hey it's a damn good cause.


One last buckeye bit. You can count on the Hoying brothers (Bobby and Tommy) being at the walk every year. Mike Vrabel is usually there with them. This year I hear from a pretty good source that the basketball team will participate.

As some know here Dallas Lauderdales mother has MS and this is why they might be there.

http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/forum/...lauderdale-official-thread-13.html#post525975

so rip me for this thread, ding me I don't care, but do something please.
 
Buckeye Buh Nim;1444268; said:
My mother has MS. She was diagnosed in the summer of 1988. In the last twenty years she has not cried, she has not complained, she has not blamed God, Fate, etc.... She has a great attitude about it.
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BBN, can you share anything with us about what has been learned about MS over these 20 years? Any progress made in therapies, cures, etc.?
 
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MaxBuck;1444361; said:
BBN, can you share anything with us about what has been learned about MS over these 20 years? Any progress made in therapies, cures, etc.?
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Mom has tried various therapies from chemo (2x) to steroid (prednazone) to beta interferon treatments, and now copaxone (current)

As of now there is no cure for the disease. The disease itself attacks the nervous system. I am not a doctor, but from what I understand it eats away at the coating on the nerves in the central nervous system. The effect is different for different people. The general effect is the body sporadically loses the ability to do what the brain wants it to do.

There are variations of the disease, mom has chronic progressive. In other words it gets worse every time it comes out of remission.

The initial effect on her was a loss of her sense of balance, then slowly her ability to walk and her ability to read. (We are grateful for books on tape)

I recently read about how a leukemia drug has been found to halt/reverse the effects of MS.

New Hope For Multiple Sclerosis Sufferers

Of course the MS society does more than just provide research. When my parents were in Madison, they helped mom get ramps for the house (she is primarily scooter/wheelchair bound) they helped with the University in a program to see how water aerobics would help her and other MS patients fight muscle atrophy, and they have support groups in most major cities.
 
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bumping this thread with a reminder about lunch this Saturday (4/11/09)

email me ([email protected]) and I will get you a form. Go to the M&E at Polaris eat, turn in the form and 20% of your check goes to the MS walk.

also edit... I will kick in an extra fifty if anyone can eat a double (10oz) garbage burger....
 
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One more bump.

I appreciate the offers to add to the vcash giveaway, and will add another incentive.

Now to be honest, not much has come from buckeye planet. So I will do this. I will match the highest donation to the walkathon for my team from a BPer dollar for dollar to Princess Peaches cancer ride.
 
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Walk was good.

as a result I need to transfer 808,214 in vcash to Princess Peach and a poster to be named later (as I am pretty sure I had another donor from here but not thier handle)

Can one of the moderators help me with this.

As a side note- we(my team) were able to raise a little more than $800 for the charity.
 
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