EAST.
SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS.
STEVE: THAT IS GREAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
JILLIAN.
AINSLEY: MARCH IS MULTIPLE
SCLEROSIS AWARENESS MONTH.
MORE THAN 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE
ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE
LIVING WITH MS INCLUDING
JANICE DEAN DIAGNOSED IN
2005.
STEVE: JANICE IS SHARING THE
STORY OF
JOORY OF
JOURY OF
JOURNEOF
JOURNEYF
JOURNEY OF THE DISEASE.
SHE HAS OP-ED OUT NOW.
BRIAN: HEY, JANICE.
JANICE: HOW ARE YOU GOING.
BRIAN: WE KNOW LAST WEEK WAS
A LITTLE CHALLENGING AND
SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO
TELL US ABOUT THAT YOU
WROTE.
JANICE: I THOUGHT IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO SHARE THE
JOURNEY.
I WAS DIAGNOSED 13 YEARS
AGO.
WITH YOU AINSLEY 10 YEARS
AGO I TALKED ABOUT BEING
DIAGNOSED WITH MS.
I STRUGGLE WITH THAT LOOT OF
PEOPLE ACTUALLY TOLD ME
DON'T TELL YOUR EMPLOYER
THAT YOU WERE DIAGNOSED WITH
IT ACTUALLY YOUR CAREER
MIGHT GO DOWN HILL.
AND I JUST WANTED TO BE A
REMINDER THAT THAT
POTENTIALLY ISN'T POSSIBLE.
I MEAN, I'M DOING THE JOB
THAT I LOVE.
I WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.
I'M LEARNING HOW TO COOK.
AND I WANTED PEOPLE TO, YOU
KNOW, TAKE NOTE THAT EVERY
CASE OF MS IS DIFFERENT.
FOR ME, I HAVE BEEN, YOU
KNOW, GOING DOWN THIS ROAD
WITH RELATIVELY NO BUMPS
UNTIL VERY RECENTLY.
STEVE: YOU GOT A CALL ON A
FRIDAY NIGHT.
JANICE: RIGHT.
SO THE WAY THAT THEY SEE
YOUR MS IS POTENTIALLY
EXACERBATED IS WHEN THEY
LOOK AT YOUR MRIS,
MAGNETIC --
BRIAN: WE GOT IT.
JANICE: MRI.
MY DOCTOR LOOKS AT THAT TO
SEE IF THERE IS LESIONS OR
SWELLING ON MY BRAIN OR
SPINE.
THAT'S AN INDICATION THAT
THE ILLNESS IS FLARING UP
AGAIN.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
AND THIS TIME I HAD SEVERAL
NEW LESIONS ON MY SPINE AND
I HAVEN'T HAD ANY LESIONS IN
A VERY LONG TIME.
AINSLEY: YOU WEREN'T FEELING
GREAT.
JANICE: I WAS NOT FEELING
GREAT AND I KNEW IN MY HEART
SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
I WENT AND GOT THE MRIS DONE
AND CALLED ME ON A FRIDAY
NIGHT.
IT WAS MY SON THEODORE'S
SEVENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY.
WE HAD FRIENDS OVER AND I
HAD TO LEAVE.
BASICALLY MY DOCTOR TOLD ME
HAVE YOU NEW LESIONS.
LET'S TAKE YOU OFF THE
CURRENT DRUG YOU ARE ON AND
TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
I'M ON SOMETHING THAT IS
POTENTIALLY MORE RIGOROUS
AND POTENTIALLY HAS MORE
SIDE EFFECTS BUT WE'RE
HOPING THAT THE BENEFITS ARE
BETTER THAN THE SIDE EFFECTS
THAT I'M EXPERIENCING RIGHT
NOW.
AINSLEY: YOU WALKED US
THROUGH IT ON TWITTER LAST
WEEK.
HE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
IT IN THE AFTER THE SHOW
SHOW.
THAT NEW TREATMENT, HOW DID
IT GO?
JANICE: IT WENT FINE.
I THINK JUST BEING SCARED
AND GOING.
THIS ONE IS AN INFUSION.
IT'S TWO HOURS.
GUY TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE
AND ONLY DO IT ONCE A MONTH.
THE MEDICATION I WAS ON
BEFORE THAT WAS ONCE A DAY,
AN INJECTION.
SO I WENT MY HUSBAND.
THERE IS MY HUSBAND VAUGHN
SEAN.
WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS
WRITE ABOUT FRIENDS AND WHAT
FRIENDS CAN DO.
JUST ONE WORD OF
ENCOURAGEMENT CAN MEAN SO
MUCH TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE A
CHRONIC ILLNESS.
FOR ME IT WAS MY FRIEND
MEGHAN MCCAIN ASKING ME
ABOUT MY TREATMENT AND SHE
SAID TO ME JANICE, CAN I
COME WITH YOU TO THE
DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND SIT WITH
YOU WHILE YOU GET YOUR
TREATMENT?
JUST A SMALL THING LIKE THAT
THAT CAN MAKE YOU FEEL LOVED
AND YOU DID THAT WITH ME AS
WELL.
AND YOU GUYS, TOO, STEVE AND
BRIAN, AINSLEY, DOWN THE
HALL STOPPED ME AND SAID A
PRAYER WITH ME IN THE
HALLWAY.
AND THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO
ME.
AND I HAVE GOTTEN SO MUCH
LOVE FROM CO-WORKERS HERE.
MOSTLY SUNNY AWARENESS
MONTH.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE OUT THERE KNOW THAT I
AM ROOTING FOR YOU AS WELL
AND I'M GIVING YOU A HUG.
THAT I LIVE WITH THIS EVERY
DAY.
AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT MY
JOURNEY IS GOING TO BE LIKE.
IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING
THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE FOR
THE REST OF MY LIFE.
BRIAN: WHAT'S SO
UNBELIEVABLE ABOUT THIS,
TOO, ONE DAY YOU ARE GREAT.
YOU ARE 100 PERCENT.
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG AND
THE NEXT DAY YOU CAN'T GET
OUT OF BED.
AINS.
JANICE: WE STILL DON'T KNOW.
EVERY DAY THAT I GET OUT OF
BED AND MY LEGS WORK I'M SO
GRATEFUL.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE DISEASES
THAT WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHY
IT HAPPENS AND THERE IS NO
CURE.
BRIAN: WE FORGET.
BECAUSE YOU CECE YOU GOING
100 MILES PER HOUR.
JANICE: THAT'S GOOD.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE
FORGET I HAVE THIS.
ALSO A REMINDER THAT DO I
HAVE A CROP NIC ILLNESS.
THE OP-ED I WROTE ON
FOXNEWS.COM IS A LOVE LETTER
TO MY FRIENDS AND MY FAMILY
AND TO ALL THOSE THAT DO
SUFFER WITH SOMETHING THAT I
AM HERE AND I UNDERSTAND
YOUR JOURNEY.
STEVE: THAT'S THE TITLE OF
THE OP-ED @FOXNEWS.COM.
YOU WILL KNOW WHETHER OR NOT
THIS NEW TREATMENT, THE
INFUSION ONCE A MONTH IS
WORKING IN A COUPLE OF
MONTHS.
JANICE: I THINK SO, YEAH.
AND THEN IF THAT DOESN'T
WORK WE TRY SOMETHING ELSE.
AINSLEY: THEY SAY YOU START
TO FEELING BETTER WITH THIS
TREATMENT AFTER FEW MONTHS.
JANICE: I ACTUALLY FEEL
BETTER AFTER THIS WEEKEND.
CROSS YOUR FINGERS.
BRIAN: I HEAR MONTEL IS
DOING GREAT THINGS.
JANICE: I LOVE HIM.
THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR ME AND MONTEL AND OTHERS
WHO HAVE THIS ILLNESS.
BRIAN: NEIL CAVUTO.
JANICE: HE WAS THERE SINCE
DAY ONE.
WE BRING AWARENESS OF THE
ILLNESS AND LOVE.
AINSLEY: WE ARE ALL HERE FOR
YOU.
OUR VIEWERS LOVE YOU.
WE ARE ALL PRAYING FOR YOU.
LIFE.
YOU HAVE THOSE TWO HEALTHY
BOYS.
BRIAN: I WILL HOLD BRIAN'S
HAND.
AINSLEY: MAKE ALL THE WOMEN
JEALOUS.