How to Ensure a Painless and Successful Lumbar Puncture...We embattled MS souls have had our blood sucked into tubes through tiny butterfly needles, our bodies buzzed with tuning forks, stabbed with pins, pummeled with reflex hammers, stuck with...reactions8comments
Getting Older is Better than the Alternative......Yes... It annoyed me to be told ten years ago, in my late fifties, that I had RRMS. It annoyed me when I was told the 'treatment' was a self-injection...reactions2comments
Will I ever know......For the last 10 years I have suffered with trigeminal neuralgia. Usually 1 attack per year. The last attack happened about 2 years ago and was the worst I have...reactions1comment
Cooling Vests...Any suggestions or recommendations for cooling vests? Pros and cons of different styles?...reactions1replyCoping
friend request, PM's etc....I recently used the "friend request" feature, thinking it was a way to makes friends to converse with by private message or even email. I found out that they are...reactions5replies
Anyone have experience with LDN (low-dose Naltrexone)?...My GP suggested I research LDN, as she has one patient with MS who takes it. Anyone have experience with this medication? Thanks! Echo...reactions2repliesTreatment
Toenail fungus...Anyone have trouble with toenail fungus? I've had it for eight years and I can't take it anymore....reactions2repliesSymptoms
PatientsLikeMe...I just want to let you all know about an additional resource to speak, talk, express whatever you are feeling each day with the beast known as MS. Also other...reactions3repliesCommunity Resources
Pain with MS...Miss my life before I had MS...I used to have fun and didn't depend on anyone to assist me...But now, I need someone to hold my hand to climb stairs...reactions1comment
My MS Sensory Overload Experience...Over the course of my thirty-something years, I’ve been known to have a good time on occasion. I generally love people, love being among them, love meeting and talking with...reactions91comments
I CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY...MS has changed me. I'm not the woman I used to be. At 53, I no longer work. I would be an unreliable employee. I get confused under stress and...reactions28comments
Feeling very depressed...Hi everyone, I was diagnosed at 16 with MS. I am now 36, and doing pretty well with it (knock on wood, fingers crossed, etc...). I lost my father when...reactions8comments
Any information on Cladribine...Have been reading about Cladribine which appears to be an off label drug. It seems as though it is quite effective for MS without as many dangerous side effects as...reactions1replyCoping
My story... sort of...Hi everyone here, I have written here before but mostly just read. I was reading how the heat affects people with MS, I have found that the cold is so...reactions4comments
moving...I'm new to the MS online world , but not to MS...I've had it for 29 years and now, after a quite nasty fall down our stairs my,husband thinks we...reactions4replies
moving...I'm new to the MS online world , but not to MS...I've had it for 29 years and now, after a quite nasty fall down our stairs my,husband thinks we...reactionsreplies
My story...My story isn't that great, but what the heck. When my sister was diagnosed with MS I remember my whole family freaking out and getting worried. A few years later...reactions1comment
The Heat of Summer vs Multiple Sclerosis...It’s that time of the year; summer is right around the corner, or, it’s already here, depending on where you live I suppose. Well for me, here in the “desert”...reactions38comments
MY TRAPS...I had a questioned posed to me recently about my living with MS..."Do you feel trapped?" The question was quite unexpected and what’s more, even I was surprised by my...reactions2comments
I have MS and MS does sort of have me...Recently, in preparation for a World MS day article, I was asked to contribute something that hasn’t changed for me since I was diagnosed. It’s a great article and shows that...reactions66comments
