did you hear about this?
MS is wicked. Different for every person affected by it.
If he has been accurately diagnosed, there is a good possibility he can be not-too-bad for many years. But at some point it will catch up to him. There is no cure and very little if any relief from any medication. The myelin damage cannot be repaired. It’s like the insulation from electrical wire being stripped away, short circuiting everywhere, or infinite resistance restricting signals.
Vision problems, body temperature regulation, leg and hand weakness etc . . . Very important to have honest evaluations on a regular basis.
Wouldn’t want to be on a racetrack with him when that time comes.
Sad to say, the diagnosis DOES change things - maybe not immediately, but certainly in a few years. MS progresses at varying rates among different people, but I’d be surprised if he could continue to race cars five years into the diagnosis. Being a race driver requires reflexes well above the normal, and MS inexorably chips away at that.