Stories

Five amazing days in Estes Park, Colorado, surrounded by 26 beautiful human beings who poured their energy into me, have left my cup overflowing. A couple of years ago, while...

It's been 9 years since my diagnosis. It's been way longer than that since I've had MS, which I'm sure most of us would agree that we've had MS way...

I had a most horrendous childhood and was brought up in violent surroundings, often shipped off to Nan's. I was a cute kid, sharp as a tack, agile and unwavering...

I’m starting this space because I refuse to give in, and I refuse to give up. I don’t live with daily limitations—in fact, I live a full, active, and joyful...

Numbness, tingling, burning sensation, muscle weakness, and pain all day long, 24/7. I can't walk a straight line. Can't hop on one foot. I have muscle spasms and blurred, double...

I was diagnosed in about 2016 or 2017. It took two years to see anyone (not my choice). Probably should have been diagnosed in 2008, but my neurologist at the...

So it all started in the summer of 2014 when I fell sick with a fever, which lasted for 4 days. I had a throat infection as well and was...

My first attack was after army reserve training. It had been exciting, but strenuous in the extreme. Two weeks of throwing myself at the ground, crawling over rocks on my...

I was too young. I thought I was invincible! I know I have had this funky affliction for most of my adult life; pretty funny, right? I was only 18...

You do have to learn to live with it, crucially, live and learn. Daily, I am battling to live and learn with them. The more I absorb, the more I...

It was 1992, I had moved to a new home/town and started a new job. I thought I was ready, set, and go; or so I thought. It was then...

At 26, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. For years, I suffered daily with debilitating symptoms. As the mother of two young children, I struggled with even the simplest tasks...

It is hard to explain to people the impact of fatigue. I call it a "tsunami of fatigue" which leaves me treading water in an endless ocean, just keeping my...

I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis back in 1996. I was working in a hospital in Greenwich Village, New York, and was jumping off the walls, receiving the wrong diagnosis...

So, I have MS. Specifically, primary progressive multiple sclerosis. Which means I always have it. It never leaves me. Walking, even standing can be a struggle. But if you look...

I was a 12-year-old getting ready for bed when I laid down, and suddenly, I felt different, just not right. I screamed and cried as I did not know what...

Twenty-four years ago this month, I woke up to a brand-new reality. MS gripped me like a pit bull shaking a ragdoll, and it felt like it shook the stuffing...

I was diagnosed in October 2011 at 40 years old. I am 53 now, and until mid-2021, I refused to use MS as a reason I couldn't do something. I...

I’m a 68-year-old man and was just diagnosed with MS in 2020, although I now believe I have had it for as many as 20 years before diagnosis. I've had...

I was diagnosed in October of 2023 after years of issues, I thought I would feel relief when I got a diagnosis. I didn’t know much about it and to...