Enough...Sometimes it seems like the only thing I can do without pain, strain or exhaustion is to breath. Unless I’m being "hugged". Then even sitting and breathing is difficult. I’ve...reactions7comments
Four Ways to Help You Cope with Loss After a Miscarriage...I was thirty-four years old when I had my son. After two miscarriages, I thought I’d never have a child. I was distraught after each miscarriage, thinking that my strong...reactions2comments
Transposing words and letters....I have had this happen to me twice now I sent a message on Facebook that looked right when I did it but later found out that I had transposed...reactions1replySymptoms
Fatigue...Long before I was diagnosed with MS I had problems with fatigue, which have only gotten worse, and I know this is a problem that is widely shared. I'm wondering...reactions4repliesTreatment
Marriage, Relationships & MS...The topic of marriage and relationships while living with MS is something I hear about often, so I wanted to touch base on it a bit. Even though I’m in...reactions37comments
The #1 Thing You Can Do for Someone with MS or Chronic Illness...In my long tenure as someone dealing with multiple sclerosis, I have many times found myself talking to the newly diagnosed. Along with that, I’ve also found myself talking to friends...reactions24comments
Lemtrada treatments don't make for the best trips......"Vacation" Mom and I walked along Main Street in Nyack, desperately trying to find the little Italian bistro that served the gluten-free penne where we had eaten the year before...reactions3repliesCommunity Resources
My MS Story...My MS symptoms started with numbness from the waist down. I woke up on May 18th 2016 & was numb. The numbness has never left only moved up the total...reactions4comments
MS is not my identity...In the ups and downs of life we are often on depressing paths especially if we are MS patients. In MS, or a Pandora box, I must call it, there...reactions3comments
Transposing words and letters....I have had this happen to me twice now I sent a message on Facebook that looked right when I did it but later found out that I had transposed...reactions1replySymptoms
Unexplained mystery......It started, when I suffered with day-time knee pain, due to my MS and Rheumatoid Arthritis. One night I woke up at 2 am to go to the bathroom. I...reactions2comments
Social security questionnaire...Just a quick thought that I needed to express and wanted to see how many people out there have gone through the same thing. While on Social Security Disability, has...reactions4comments
How MS is evolving me into who I'm supposed to be...It all happened back in my 2nd year of college at Durham College... I was taking Music Business Administration and just finished my last day of 1st semester. My friends...reactions1comment
HSCT treatment in Sweden...A close relative is looking into treating her RRMS with HSCT. As Europe is the most viable option I'm interested to hear about any experience from Karolinska University hospital in...reactionsrepliesTreatment
Stress/Anxiety & MS...Now, I don’t know about everyone else… but prior to my diagnosis, I didn’t feel nearly as ‘overwhelmed’ as I do now. Life in general is stressful, of course… family...reactions28comments
Love Light!!!...I believe pain represents life or more appropriately where there is life there is pain as only death can bring pain free life. Yet the daily battle of pain in...reactions2comments
Signal of stop...Accepting yourself with all your flaws is a great achievement but accepting your illness and adapting your self is a thing of beauty is a joy forever. It's an art...reactions1comment
It's not you, it's me....We can blame ourselves all we want for “isolating”, for cancelling plans with little or no notice because we don’t have the energy to do all the things we used...reactions1comment
Full Circle...My fiancee Tracey and I have been together a little over 10 years. She was diagnosed in 1994 with RRMS, which progressed to SPMS after 18 months. We met online...reactions2comments
MS and Aging...Diagnosed in 1991, I have worked around and with my MS, been on and off of the various types of treatments, but the primary treatment was Solumedrol in the early...reactions4comments
