Nicole Lemelle

This is for anyone who has ever felt alone. It seems people don’t understand your plight. But I do. Your face is the only one I truly recognize in a...

Over the past few years, my verbal communication skills have slowly diminished. My diagnosis has had negative impact on my speech. The muscles in my mouth and throat have become...

I hate when extreme fatigue messes up my whole day. Today is no different. I had things to do. A list of places to go and people to see. But...

I’m not sick, but I fit the description. So, I keep going back to the hospital. We exit the car, check in, and wait for my name to be called...

Lesions got me crazy. Pain derives from what I have become. And there’s no way for it to be measured. Materializing on the inside. That’s where it lives. In a...

Dark grey walls. No pictures. Outdated pamphlets on an aged corner table. Nothing has changed in the two years since I have been seeing this neurologist. The receptionist called my...

After a long, fatigue-filled Friday, I opened my eyes early Saturday morning well-rested and hungry. To my surprise, I smelled breakfast cooking. I’m sure it’s scrambled eggs. I like my...

Sleep. Sleep. Sleep. All I do is sleep. Eight hours is never enough. I spend more time in the bed than I do any other place. So, why would today...

My options were an unconventional therapy or a cocktail of eight different pharmaceutical prescriptions. So, I rolled the dice and picked my poison. And I lived to tell the story...

The house is a mess. Too tired to clean. Cell phone sitting in my lap. Half charged. Just like me. The sofa is the only place I’ve been today. The...

Your future was so bright. I knew you were going places. And I was coming with you. When your dreams came true, so did mine. You were my best friend...

As he drove the car, I stared out the window from the passenger seat. Daydreaming. Watching my life pass me by. Reflecting on everything I had voluntarily and involuntarily given...

Sunday I had a very busy schedule. Something I don't normally do. Because of extreme fatigue, I limit myself in the amount of errands I perform in a day. It...

My doctor continues to prescribe me physical therapy (PT). I've been going for a couple of years now. I even have certain therapists I prefer because we have built a...

I am hesitant to write about this subject, but here goes anyway. Fingers crossed, I hope you can relate. At this point in my life, I’m 42 years old. Still...

Editor's note: This article was written and published in 2015. The MS treatment landscape is constantly changing, and you can read updated information about available MS therapies here. While in...

“My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in...

I’m Dying! Or at least that’s what I feel like. MS tends to put me in a fragile wavering psychotic state. Between the optic neuritis, numbness, fatigue, dropping things, tripping...

Everyone can look back 5 years and say wow I was so different then. We can all remember the things we did years ago that we are not able to...

I’m a patient with secondary-progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS). I’m 37 and was originally diagnosed at the ripe age of 25 years old with the more common relapsing remitting (RRMS) variation...