New Book, 'No More Secs!,' High on Positives Despite Life with Multiple Sclerosis

Online, June 15, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Contact: Ann Pietrangelo, Jim Pietrangelo
email: [email protected]

When 44 year-old Ann Pietrangelo is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, all previous assumptions about health, work, and her new romance are up for grabs.

How do you plan for life's second half with a body you've never met before? One precarious step at a time. "No More Secs! Living, Laughing & Loving Despite Multiple Sclerosis" is poignant and often humorous story of acceptance and change that relies on a basic truth - good health and life are fleeting, but love and humor trump all. Every second matters, a point driven home by yet another life-altering diagnosis.

From the impersonal diagnosis by email to a wedding presided over by a funeral director, "No More Secs! Living, Laughing & Loving Despite Multiple Sclerosis" is no tragic tale of woe. Like relapsing/remitting MS itself, the book alternates between the serious ("When I turn toward him, there's a big hole where his right cheek should be.") and the silly ("The bocce balls don't get out much.").

"No More Secs!" may strike a chord if you've got multiple sclerosis, or love someone who does. Still, it is only my story, not your story, and certainly not THE story of MS. Oh, and it's not all about MS either. Really. That's because life marches on whether we feel up to it or not. Mine sure did and, whether or not I'm ready, it keeps on marching. At its very heart, this is a love story. Romantic love. Love of family. Love of life," said Ms. Pietrangelo. "If you take a leap of faith and give "No More Secs!" a read, it is my sincere hope you come away from it on a positive note. Then I'll know I've done good."

Updated information can be found at www.nomoresecs.com

A member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and The Author's Guild, Ann's writing covers a wide range of issues, including multiple sclerosis patient information, her Living with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer series on Care2.com, and general health news for sites around the web.

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