Living with MS

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...

Throughout my life, I have always been affectionately labeled as "accident-prone." Maybe it was because of the time I broke my leg skiing and needed a couple of surgeries to...

Twenty-one years ago I became a mother. Finally. After two traumatic miscarriages, a lot of stress and many issues with my MS, I finally became pregnant one more time. I vowed to...

One of the benefits of being a member of an extraordinary blogging community is meeting strong, vibrant women who write about a wide array of topics. One niche that I...

The time had come.  I finally had to give in.  My legs weren’t behaving, and one of my hands was giving me trouble.  Overall, I felt weak, tired, numb, dizzy...

Dog, cat, chinchilla, hamster, ferret, fish, bearded dragon, parakeet, pig, monkey – whatever your choice, pets really make us feel good, better even, as we live with chronic illness and...

I've had my fair share of brain meltdowns in the scorching summer sun. You know, those moments where you can't form a sentence or you're so tired you could just...

Fatigue. Even the word "fatigue" is fatiguing. It makes me tired just thinking about how tired I actually am all of the time. Fatigue is a very common symptom among...

Ever wonder how far back in time people had MS? What they thought about it, and how they treated it? Naturally, our knowledge about MS in times gone by is...

I have often thought of myself as different than other people in their teens and twenties, as if having MS means I can no longer be “young”. When I was...

When I was offered to join this team to blog about living with MS, I was ecstatic. I was so excited, I told everyone in my life and it felt...

For many folks diagnosed with a chronic illness like MS, dating never even comes into play. Most of those people are not diagnosed with multiple sclerosis until they already have...

MS relapses occur when you experience new symptoms or when existing symptoms suddenly worsen. To be considered a relapse, these symptoms must last for at least 24 hours. Relapses are...

Okay, let me just start off by saying I don't embarrass easily. I'm a very open person and I don't usually care what people think. But let me tell you...

Your feet feel numb. Your vision is blurred. Your legs are weak. You’re always tired. You’re much too young, busy, happy or healthy for your body to be giving you...

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 love hugs. I love giving hugs. I love hugging my husband, my son, my cats, my family, and my friends. I’ve even been known to hug a dish of homemade...

What do you wish you knew when you were first diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS)? We asked the MultipleSclerosis.net Facebook community what they would share with someone who has just...

One of the most discussed symptoms in the MultipleSclerosis.net community is spasticity, which includes muscle spasms or cramps. We wanted to learn more about this, so we asked our Facebook...

I think we have all dealt with people making comments, or just doing something that is bothersome to us, when discussing our MS… or if it gets brought up at...