Perspective From An Electric Chair
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I'd be lying if I said there wasn't any fear inside of me. I had never heard of any one-eyed patients with muscular dystrophy who had also battled cancer! I knew there couldn't be many, and to find any survivors would be an even bigger challenge. I had plenty of friends with various forms of MD and knew of quite a few people who had gone through bouts of cancer. I also had friends who had died from both. Combining the two wasn't a pretty picture, but if anybody was ready to take it on and make headlines, I was ready.
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Author Mo Gerhardt tells what it is like living life while being diagnosed with a terminal disease. Not only from all the bumps, bruises and surgeries from his muscular dystrophy, but also after broken bones from a bus accident and loss of vision in one eye due to a separate non-related medical condition. Instead of taking his diagnosis as a death sentence, Gerhardt uses it as motivation to accomplish everything that a “normal” person aspires to. From receiving his Bachelors and Masters degrees from Michigan State University to competing and medaling in both national and international adaptive sports competitions, he continues to defy doctors’ predictions. He continues to give back through his motivational speaking to students and being an activist for the disability community. Through it all, Gerhardt proves that it’s not the diagnosis that determines one’s outcome.
About the Author
Mo Gerhardt was born in Traverse City, MI. At the age of eight he was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and was told by doctors he would be lucky to live beyond his teens. In the fall of 2006, at the age of 28, Mo's diagnosis was changed to a rarer form of muscular dystrophy, Limb Girdle 2D. Along with muscular dystrophy, Mo has experienced many physical obstacles in life including being in a bus accident, multiple bone fractures, osteoporosis and loss of vision in his right eye. Mo graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration and then completed a Master of Science degree in athletic administration. He currently works in the College of Natural Science at Michigan State University and is also employed through the Spartan Sports Network as the MSU Women’s Basketball radio analyst. He lives with his service dog Ted in Bath, MI.