Life is Beautiful, Enjoy the Ride; A Poet's Guide to Chronic Illness
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Автор: Mitch Koppel
Язык: Английский
Издательство: Книга по Требованию
Год: 2014
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At the young age of 23 Mitch Koppel received a devastating diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Twenty years of extreme health challenges inspired him to express his journey through poetry. These poems immediately went viral with friends and family to the extent that they urged him to create a book about the story and the poetry it inspired. I don't wish MS on my worst enemy; even if I had a worst enemy. Actually, over our 20-year relationship, my worst enemy has been myself all along and I'm not about to give MS to myself one more time. In truth, as counter-intuitive as this may sound, it was recently refreshing to hear that my MS has sort of reached its end game. I heard this in the hospital no less. I won't get any worse because I'm 1% of the folks that have reached a sort of illness finality. I wasn't upset to hear this. I was actually thrilled because never again will I lose sleep over what the disease had in store next; will my limp get worse, will I one day need a walker or, God forbid, a wheelchair? It's all here now; a path of physical and oft times' mental destruction. I have a white flag, but it's never been raised._____ Mitch Koppel, 44, resides in Buffalo Grove, IL. A father of two sons, Koppel has been living with multiple sclerosis for 21 years. Up until the last few years, when the scourge of MS rendered him unable to work, he was a Vice President with one of the world's largest public/media relations firms. Aside from spending time with his boys, Koppel enjoys fishing, reading, movies and socializing with friends. His biggest passion is writing. ______ keywords: Poetry, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Illness, Perseverance, Spirituality, Overcoming obstacles, Uplifting, Strength.