Welcome to my MS page! My name is Dawn Ryan. I use to have a page called Dawn's MS Page and now its just dawnryan.com.

It's pretty amazing how your entire perception of life can change in a matter of minutes. My dx forced me to accept my mortality, (which sucked by the way) as well as take a better look at myself. I have always been kind to people, taken in homeless animals and fed just about every bird & squirrel in my neighborhood...however on many levels I have changed forever. For the better in some respects and for the worse in others. The good changes are something I can live with, the others I just deal with a day at a time, sometimes an hour at a time on really bad days.

I'm not by nature an angry person, however living with MS has also forced me to look at life in a different way, as well as redefining who I am as a person. I try to remain as positive as I can however I have shitty days...ok even weeks. Since that life altering day back in 1997 I have discovered that MS did not change the core person I was before the disease nor did it make my attitude more positive or negative; I already had a positive attitude towards life before the dx...MS simply challenged that attitude and how Ive dealt with things after the dx.

Some days much more than others!!

I've enjoyed being online since 1996 however after my dx the internet became more than just a cool place to go to talk to my friends, it became a learning tool where I found much valuable information. This page became my therapy. I had to learn to use my hands again as well as tackle the numerous congnative problems that accompany MS. Through this web page I have not only learned so much about this disease and myself...I have made more friends than I could ever feel fortunate enough to have in one lifetime!

Way back in 1997 I was armed with an HTML book and lots of room for error & set forth on a mission...to create an MS site that would serve as a form of therapy for myself. Amazingly it has far exceeded anything I could have imagined. In trying to help myself I have actually met and helped many other people with this disease, which is one positive thing that came out of this dx.
So let the journey begin...I do hope you enjoy my creation.

This is me some days...

and this is me other days...

But this is me most days!!

And...here is my entire reason for doing the annoying and expensive daily injections for the MS...

My son Jake

This page is about providing and exchanging information about this disease ~as well as forming friendships. It is a constant work in progress! Please feel free to email me anytime!

Some of the pages below are under construction ~ please excuse the mess!!

Take a look at my previous guestbooks....a lot of fun memories!!

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