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A positive attitude, despite the hardships that come with living with her illness, is something Blair is passionate about.

\"Just the same with me getting a diagnosis of MS, or speech issues ... there's not been one minute where I've felt sorry for myself,\" she said. \"I just really look in the moment because now I'm a middle-aged woman with an incurable disease, and it doesn't even matter.\"

She said in the past, she \"had a whole lifetime of hurtful thoughts,\" but makes the choice to not \"worry anymore.\"

\"I worry about the people that I employ -- how I can keep them safer -- my son, my family and myself but other than that I don't,\" she added. \"Not once have I helped myself by being angry or down on myself, and I’m just learning, at 47 ... Like, 'S---, this is my one chance! Like, just enjoy it.' And I do.\"

As the livestream took place Monday, on National Doctors Day, Blair also shared a message of appreciation for the health care workers.

\"I'm in awe of people right now that are really battling through this in a much more active way than the rest of us staying at home,\" she said. \"I'm in awe and admiration. I hope they feel the gratitude when they get to lay down at night, the doctors and nurses and everyone that's working under such duress to help our society.\"

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