Stories

Being the oldest of 7 would have been just a tad easier had I not been the stepchild of a tough PK. But I learned a lot. I couldn't make...

I was diagnosed in 2014 with MS. My doctor didn't tell me for a few years that I had PPMS just MS. I went from a cane to a rollator...

My MS likely began in 1985. I worked as a field biologist, and I developed a rash and debilitating fatigue. I had a very high titer of EBV but no...

What have you learned about myself while managing MS? I’ve learned that I’m more than this. I can breathe in and breathe out and take the next step; I’m stronger...

When I was first diagnosed over 35 years ago, the neurologist who I saw said, " you will be fine for a while, then, you will go downhill". As he...

"I have MS." I hear that from doctors, family, and friends. Somehow it is still hard to admit. No matter how many medications I take or MRIs I see, I...

I have learned a lot about myself during my ms journey. I never realized how strong I could be, and determined not to let ms and other issues destroy me...

In the Spring of 2022, I received the shock of my life at 57; you have RRMS. How could this bring better changes to one's life? MS showed how strong...

My life changed in 2018 when I got diagnosed with relapsing remitting MS. I was 44 years old and had to retire from my 15 years working at the United...

After escaping an abusive relationship with two young sons in 2001, a year later my legs went numb as a journalism student at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, six hours...

I am the mother of a daughter diagnosed with PPMS at 40. Doctors have said she was most likely misdiagnosed a long time ago. I have learned so much from...

I have had MS for almost 28 years now, and saying this condition has taught me a lot about myself and others feels like an understatement. It also feels very...

Well, my story begins, I believe, back in my teenage years when I rarely had proper behavior and decision skills. It wasn't until reaching adulthood that the brain lesions were...

Hi. My name is Traci, and I have PPMS. Life has been challenging, but my wonderful husband is always by my side. I try to stay positive and keep the...

I am not afraid. I am floating in a sea of treachery, floating in betrayal of my own flesh. I bob up and down. The waters yield no mercy. The...

I was diagnosed a few months before I turned 55. My husband also had been diagnosed with MS about 10 years earlier. Before being diagnosed, I had just taken up...

Over the decades with this MonSter I have learned how to keep it at bay for the most part. I go completely blind and lose the use of my body...

MS has given me a second chance at life in many ways. Before I ran a business, I did homeschooling, and most days were pretty nonstop. MS has a way...

Multiple sclerosis completely uprooted my life at 19 years old. I didn't know what is was or what I was supposed to do. However, over the last 10 years, I've...

You, my friend, have been so distant lately. No matter what I have tried, we cannot seem to reconnect. I know I am not the person that you used to...