Former Ballarat Rush star's battle with MS

Sept. 9, 2013, 11 p.m.

IF YOU could bottle Sarah Moncks courage and attitude, you could solve a lot of the worlds problems.

The 26-year-old former Ballarat Rush basketballer and assistant coach was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) earlier this year, but shes not letting it beat her.

In fact, the diagnosis in May was a relief to the popular basketballer after months of uncertainty.

She is a strong believer there are people worse off than she is.

Im young and fit and, at the moment, I dont have any symptoms ... so Im lucky, she said.

Moncks onset of symptoms was fairly rapid and they hit her hard.

In a five-week period late last year, she suffered vision loss, tingling sensation in her mouth, pins and needles down one side of her body, she was unstable on her feet and one side of her face dropped on Christmas Day.

On December 27 she was admitted to hospital, where she underwent a series of drugs that greatly eased her symptoms.

However, it took another five months before she was diagnosed with lesions on her brain and MS.

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Former Ballarat Rush star's battle with MS