By Vic Ryckaert Indianapolis Star Sherri Dallas planned to walk a couple of miles on this brisk Saturday morning to raise money to help find a cure for multiple sclerosis. But her body failed her. It's just one symptom of the disease that brought about 2,000 people to the Union Federal Football Center on the Westside to support MS Walk 2001. Everyone has a cross to bear. It can always be worse.
Symptoms can be permanent or sporadic.
Dallas is able to get around with the aid of a walker. She considers herself lucky. Her husband, Nick Dallas, was among the walkers. The Indiana chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society has 5,342 registered clients, but the group estimates that about 7,700 Hoosiers have the disease. The national group estimates that more than 300,000 Americans are afflicted, with about 200 new cases diagnosed each week.