People with MS only have one way to control the disease...through injections. Krystal dreads the time, three days a week when she has to inject herself with medicine...medicine that won't cure her, but hopefully keeps her from getting sicker. That's where exciting new research comes in. "I would predict, in five years we'll probably have 4-5 new treatments for MS. Some of those are going to be oral", said Dr. Moses. Krystal says, "To get away from the needles...just having a pill you could take would be great."

Until then researchers are also trying to pinpoint a cause. It might be genetic, and it could be environmental. Doctor Moses says most of the cases come from the northern part of the country. Krystal grew up in northern Iowa. Now, she'll spend the rest of her life fighting. "MS does not go into remission, it doesn't go away like some people have with their cancer", said Dr. Moses. Despite the life sentence, the young teacher has so much to live for. She has a lesson in understanding anyone could learn from. "I guess we just get it because we can handle it and the people that couldn't handle it probably wouldn't get it", said Hexamer.

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