Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Day: Yoav Zahavi, the foreign correspondent for 'Kan News' and host of the current affairs program 'Ha'olam Hayom,' revealed on social media that he was diagnosed with the disease less than a year ago.
""Taking advantage of the opportunity to come out of the closet: A little less than a year ago I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis," wrote Zehavi.
""It could be that it's been in my body for years, it could also be that it hasn't. It's a big headline, at first it's also very scary, but slowly you delve deeper and learn that, unlike what often happens in the press, there's a lot of content behind this headline.".
He later explained that "ultimately, the course of the disease varies from person to person.".
Zehavi, the son of media personality Yaron London, also shared the symptoms he has experienced since his diagnosis. "Sometimes there are strange physical sensations, every now and then I see blurry in one eye and it's very annoying. It also happens that I ask: 'Why me?', but that's okay. Human.
""In recent decades, amazing science has made light years of progress in research, and we all hope that soon they will be able to regrow nerve fibers.".
He said that, along with the challenges posed by the disease, it also requires greater care in health. "Until that happens, we will take comfort in the good side of the disease: we have no choice but to eat a little more normally, do sports, and take care of our bodies," he wrote.
He shared a personal insight into the change the diagnosis has brought to his life. "I admit that paradoxically, on a physical level, my life has actually improved quite a bit since I was diagnosed. We came to win.".
