Here’s an unfortunate, but inspirational story to start your day. Minnesota Wild goalie Josh Harding has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. If you’re not familiar with MS, it’s a chronic disease affecting the central nervous system that causes a range of symptoms from numbness to full-blown paralysis and loss of vision. Harding received his diagnosis after visiting Wild doctor Dan Peterson, complaining of numbness, dizziness, and vision problems. This devastating news, however, hasn’t affected Harding’s attitude or desire to bring the cup to Minnesota. He told Michael Russo of the Star Tribune,“you can let it get you down for a bit, but you’ve got to move past it. I know what my overall goal is to be, and that’s a No. 1 goalie of the Minnesota Wild and to win a Stanley Cup here. It would make me happy to overcome this. Not just overcome this, but to really succeed with it. I don’t want people treating me different, I don’t want people feeling bad for me, I don’t want people mop...
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Wild goalie Harding diagnosed with MS
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Josh Harding ‘Dealing’ With MS
from Michael Russo of the Star Tribune,
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Josh Harding, Minnesota Wild goalie, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Best wishes to him, it’s a tough fight, but it sounds like he will be up to the challenge.
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This sums it up well.
It was announced today that Wild goalie Josh Harding has MS.
#mnwild goalie Josh Harding diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, vows to overcome it, succeed with it #NHL strib.mn/Srptzu
— Michael Russo (@Russostrib) November 29, 2012
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