October 1999 was a month of turbulence and turmoil like no
other. The images of me on both ends bear little resemblance to each other. At
September’s end, I had the firmness of purpose necessary to advance in my
career as an attack helicopter pilot and Air Cavalry troop commander. By
November 1, multiple sclerosis erupted, stripping everything I thought
important from me.
My commemoration of this 25th anniversary has been a
storytelling revisit of the day-by-day events that redefined me. If you haven’t
seen the flood of video posts on my social media accounts, you can check them
all out on my YouTube collection: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwMsWD-UtliW3mOlsFCYm46gE4ikkfa-o.
This includes the Century Ride bike MS event that took place in my garage on
October 6. My worsening MS will probably keep you off the road, but it can’t
dampen my determination
I’m pausing my daily chronicle until that November 1 medical
climax to Act 1 of my journey. This week focuses on who multiple sclerosis
shaped me into over the past quarter-century.
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Yesterday, I announced a permanent link to share
free copies of my six published e-books. You can get them here: https://books.bookfunnel.com/neverstopneverquit.
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On Tuesday, I will participate as a patient
ambassador for Helius Medical Technologies, manufacturer of the PoNS device I
used to strengthen and improve my walking. The webcast will take place on
Tuesday, October 9, from 3 to 4 PM (Pacific time). Here’s a link to the event: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/virtualevent/750668f1-dbf8-444c-969c-d3dbf90d5266@db9b84b1-be3a-48ac-8cac-c53b7a4b72b8.
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KATU News (ABC affiliate) will come to my house
on Wednesday to conduct an interview. Their Everyday Heroes segment will
honor Veterans Day by highlighting my military career, transition, and journey
with multiple sclerosis. I will update everyone when the segment is aired.
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A slew of special announcements and promotions
will scatter themselves throughout the week. Stay tuned for more…
All my efforts have a singular purpose–to overcome the
debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis.
For those battling the disease, I want to demonstrate the
paths we can forge to do much more than just survive. We can thrive! Physical,
mental, and emotional programs are much more than therapy. They are our
lifeline, ones that I need to support and promote.
YOUR DONATIONS will fund the necessary research and
development to develop a cure.
For our future, I want to make a positive sledgehammer
impact in our efforts to defeat MS entirely. We will need to create a cure, for
there is nothing right now that can completely halt, reverse, or even prevent
multiple sclerosis. Creation efforts require talented researchers to research
and develop treatments. To do that, I need to help raise the critical funding
that will support these efforts as we make our way across the finish line.
YOU are one of the most essential pieces of this chain.
Everything I do comes back to my need to earn your valuable
donations to support our fight. Your money will fund scientific research and
development to create that cure. The massive array of programs needed to
support and better those battling multiple sclerosis today require the
donations I am asking from you today.
I will amplify my efforts to talk to talk as my body
continues to walk the walk.
With my debilitation on full display, I will pursue our goal
to create a world free of MS.
We need your donations and support to create the cure
that will defeat MS before it destroys another generation.
Donate here:
https://NeverStopNeverQuit.com/donate
Donate direct to the National MS
Society: https://mssociety.donordrive.com/participant/Rogue
Either way, 100% of the money you
donate will go to our fight (Rogue’s Bike MS campaign).
All donations are tax-deductible.
You can follow my story through blogs, videos, and social
media posts. Everything is there for you to stay up-to-date or go back to the
beginning.
My stories: https://NeverStopNeverQuit.blogspot.com
My videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwMsWD-UtliW3mOlsFCYm46gE4ikkfa-o
My social media:
https://www.instagram.com/KevJByrne
https://www.facebook.com/NeverStopNeverQuit
https://twitter.com/NStopNQuit
https://linktr.ee/KevJByrne
Multiple sclerosis continues to decimate my body.
Rehabilitation and training are a constant effort. It’s an informal contract
between my body and me. I will delay the inevitable, using my time to help
create that world free of MS our next generation deserves. Graphic displays
telling my story are the best way I can raise awareness of our desperate need
to find a cure.
Your support and donations are the critical next step in our
fight to create a world free of MS. Please join us in 2024!
Love,
Kevin
Never Stop… Never Quit…
The fight is not
over and it won’t be over until a cure is found.
It will never
stop…nor will we
It will never
quit…nor will we
This is why we
fight!
Never Stop… Never
Quit…®
NeverStopNeverQuit.com
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