Living Alone With a Disability: Am I the Only One Having Conversations With my Pets?...When I made the choice to set off on my own at age 50, I was ok with it. I was embarking on a dream to move to northern NH...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
9 Tips for MRI Anxiety...There are more questions and unknowns that come with multiple sclerosis than certainties and regularities. I think that’s one of the many reasons getting diagnosed with MS is so frightening...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
The Ultimate Travel Checklist for MSers...I love to travel. It makes no matter if the trip is regional, national, or international. It makes no matter if the trip is via bicycle, car, train, boat, or...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
I've Got a Short Fuse...It’s hard for me to fully remember on how I “used to be” pre-diagnosis, but I don’t believe that I had as ‘short of a fuse’, so to say. This...Reactions0reactionsComments11 comments
How can I help?...Hello everyone - My girlfriend was recently diagnosed with MS. It's of course been a complete shock, and she's still reeling. I'm here in the hopes that I can learn...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesCaregiving
The Misadventures of My Bowel And Bladder...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...Reactions0reactionsComments11 comments
Do I Have MS? Does MS Have Me?...Looking back, my symptoms started probably 4 years ago but were over-looked or dismissed because they weren't significant. No fault of my Dr. or myself, I didn't realize it was...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
A Hug – But Not As We Know It!...We all love hugs don’t we? On our lowest days a hug from a loved one is comforting, special and reminds us that love, actually is all around us. To...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Being Evicted Because of MS...I can't believe I'm being evicted because I have MS? My Landlord won't listen to anything I have to say. All I hear from him is that he knows all...Reactions0reactionsComments17 comments
The Emotional Roller Coaster of an MS Diagnosis: Part 1...I was formally diagnosed with MS on May 15, 2013 (almost 5 years ago!), in the middle of what I now recognize as a relapse, and it was not the...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
True or Not?...I have a question that perhaps only a physician can answer. My mother had polio when she was a child, back in the 1940's before there was a vaccine for...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesHealthcare Team
MS Survivor, Inappropriate Mother, and a Daily Quest for Reasons to Laugh and Smile...Life sometimes throws you a curve ball and in 2015 I was diagnosed with MS and since then…life hasn’t been the same… There is the good, the bad and the...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Newly Diagnosed with Primary Progressive MS...Hi to all! I was diagnosed with RRMS in 2016, but apparently really have PPMS. I was put on gabapentin, which immediately helped, but now find the constant hug pain...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
MS and my unemployment...Hello. I was diagnosed with MS last August 2016. I kept it for my self at work. I was put in situation to disclose my disease at work to stay...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Mental Health, Emotional Changes, and MS...What’s your experience living with MS and mental health? Do you have certain ways to cope with the mental and emotional aspects of MS? Share with us here....Reactions0reactionsComments10 replies
Coping, with the help of music...I have often read, heard, or seen where people talk about songs that touch them, and have taken a rather cynical view on this. I like to listen to music...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesCaregiving
Stopping Interferon/Rebif...I am 66 and have had MS for over 35 years with over 20 years of doing injections. My MRIs have always come back with No significant changes. Under Dr...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesResearch & Clinical Trials
Aging with MS...I am 67 years old and I have relapsing/remitting MS. I've had MS for 25 years. I feel very fortunate not to have progressive MS at this point. As I...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesDiagnosis
Living with MS is More Complicated Than You Think - Results from MS In America 2017...Multiple sclerosis is an incredibly complex condition, not only when it comes to the science behind it, but also what it means for living with it on a daily basis...Reactions0reactionsComments83 comments
Cog Fog - Questions and Answers...I just finished Devin's article all about his struggles with cog fog or technically known as MS related cognitive fatigue. This is a well written and very informative section. Thanked...Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
