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Health Check: Woman with MS prepares for #39;Commitment Day #39;
Kelli Merritt takes great pride in being a massage therapist at Life Time Fitness. It #39;s a job she #39;s had for six years, providing comfort for anyone who needs it. "It #39;s very gratifying to be able to give that to people," Merritt said. She chose the career at the urging of her mother, who had breast cancer. "And the only thing that seemed to help her was giving her massages and massaging her head," Merritt said. "So she asked me to go back to massage school, and I did." However, earlier this year, Merritt began experiencing health problems of her own. "I was having trouble walking. I lost function on my right side, muscle-wise. By the time I ended up in the ER, I wasn #39;t able to lift my right leg off the bed," she said. Doctors diagnosed her with multiple sclerosis. "Each day is a new learning experience. It #39;s a new fight," she said. A fight that #39;s limited her mobility, but not her determination. Every week, Merritt works with personal trainer Dan Larson to prepare for "Commitment Day" mdash; a 5K run/walk that starts at the Metrodome on New Year #39;s Day. "With Kelli it #39;s just been great kind of seeing her progress," Larson said. "And with Commitment Day coming up, that #39;s gonna be a huge part of it. And that will kind of be like the culmination to kind of kick off the new year and just to keep the pace moving forward, and then keep her progress moving in the direction that it has been." One of Merritt #39;s biggest supporters is her co--worker, Mollie Juntunen, who acts as both a ...From:twelvedottvViews:83 1ratingsTime:02:16More inNews Politics

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