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Ellington Resident Recounts Life With MS

In her blog on Patch, Tabetha Gerlt Avtges explains how she learned to cope with the disease and not let it hinder her from losing weight and taking one day at a time.

"For instance, just vacuuming the house or cleaning the bathrooms wipes me out.  I know that sounds crazy but it does. I hear my husband or my friends say they understand but until you live it you don’t."

This is a quote from a blog uploaded to Ellington-Somers Patch by Tabetha Gerlt Avtges. It's an amazing piece about how she lives with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and how she does not let the disease stop her from living life.

In case you haven't read it yet, here it is: "Where do I begin...."

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