The Dog Story: A Journey into a New Life with Multiple Sclerosis

by Matt Cavallo

Overview

At the age of twenty-eight years old with a promising career in real estate development, Matt Cavallo got out of bed on May 18th, 2005 and stumbled. Overnight, he went from a fully-functioning, healthy man to someone who was numb from the waist down and unable to walk. After consulting his doctor, he was sent to a neurologist who immediately admitted him to the hospital. What would happen to Matt over the next four weeks would redefine all that was important in life. At the end of this four week period, he would learn that he has the chronic neurodegenerative condition - Multiple Sclerosis. This book chronicles Matt's journey of being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and his struggle to not only regain his physical health, but also to regain the inner strength needed to fight this chronic illness. It is a story of hope, love, healing and finding man's best friend. Matt is sharing his story in hopes of raising awareness of this devastating illness. A portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to support MS research and charities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781477412992
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	06/20/2012
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

About the Author
At age twenty-eight, Matt Cavallo was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Seemingly over night he went from a fully-functioning, healthy man to someone who was numb from the waist down and unable to walk. His story of being diagnosed and overcoming the physical and emotional challenges associated with having a chronic disease can be read in his memoir, The Dog Story: A Journey into a New Life with Multiple Sclerosis. As a result of his diagnosis, Matt has dedicated his life and career to healthcare and the fight against MS. Matt delivers motivational patient experience lectures all over the country for a variety of MS patient events, as well as, inspiring organizational presentations for companies using his story as a platform. Matt has also appeared in a MS yoga DVD which is free for MS patients, is active with MS charities, and has appeared in a documentary about the future of MS for the MS Cure Fund. Matt's dedication to healthcare led him to work at a Neuroscience Clinic, helping patients like himself every day before taking his current position training clinicians on how to use medical software in order to improve the patient experience. He also recently finished his Master of Science in Health Care Informatics. Most importantly, however, Matt is the proud father of Mason and Colby, the loving husband to his wife, Jocelyn, and the best friend to his dog, Teddy.

Connect with me Online
Personal Website: http://www.mattcavallo.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thedogstory
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/mattcavallo
Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/mattcavallo
MS Yoga DVD: http://www.msactivesource.com/ms-yoga.xml
MS Cure Fund: http://www.mscurefund.org