title: Figure It Out: Snapshots Of My Journey With Multiple Sclerosis
author: Danica King
description: Danica King spent her childhood in Poughkeepsie, New York and has now made Richmond, Virginia her home. Danica was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at the age of 34. Danica is an active member in the MS community. Several years after her MS diagnosis and inspired by a book written by another MSer, Danica decided that it was imperative that she share her journey with others. She not only wanted to share her struggles with the disease, but her daily triumphs as well. Danica approaches living this new chapter of her life with resolve. She has made a conscious decision to use her story to encourage others not to allow their diagnosis to define them. Instead, she finds ways, no matter how small, to inspire others. Danica will show you that when you have a spirit that refuses to give up, anything is possible.
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  **Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 958**
  
  
  Alexzander A.A. Asea
  
  
  Fabiana Geraci
  
  
  Punit Kaur _Editors_
  
  
  Multiple Sclerosis:
  
  
  Bench to Bedside
  
  
  Global Perspectives on a Silent Killer
  
  
  **Advances in Experimental Medicine**
  
  
  **and Biology**
  
  
  Volume 958
  
  
  **Editorial Board**
  
  
  IRUN R. COHEN, _The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel_
  
  
  N.S. ABEL LAJTHA, _Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg,_ _NY,
  USA_
  
  
  JOHN D. LAMBRIS, _University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA_
  
  
  RODOLFO PAOLETTI, _University of Milan, Milan, Italy_
  
  
  [More information about this series at
  http://www.springer.com/series/5584](http://www.springer.com/series/5584)
  
  
  Alexzander A. A. Asea
  
  
  Fabiana Geraci • Punit Kaur
  
  
  Editors
  
  
  Multiple Sclerosis:
  
  
  Bench to Bedside
  
  
  Global Perspectives on a Silent Killer
  
  
  _Editors_
  
  
  Alexza