Stories

I was born in El Salvador. No one in my family has MS. We never heard of this disease. My parents, brother and I were in constant fear, because of...

I was diagnosed with PPMS about 6 years ago. I was in a state of denial for at least a year. Finally, I escaped denial realizing its not going away...

My wife always counsels me to turn off my powerchair when not in use such as a visit to the bathroom, a transfer process I have perfected - or so...

Yes, we all have a story to tell or write. I’ve done both and I want to share my story. I lived a long life with MS. A few days...

MS is a straight up abuser of the worst kind. An abuser you never even dated. Just showed up, knocked at the door, brought in tons of shit to your...

Anxiety is only in the future. I live with a chronic illness, with no cure, that only gets worse with time and at any minute could blind or paralyze me...

Age 57 is a few days away. This wasn’t how it was supposed to be. I was supposed to be complaining about a few wrinkles. I was supposed to be...

It’s one thing to have cognitive issues like memory problems, word finding difficulty, and such. It’s something entirely different when you have actual diagnoses of Cognitive Decline, and Reduced Processing...

I’m a white male, soon to be 68 years old, and have had ms for almost 40 years. Enough of the war story. It doesn't matter how old you are...

my grandsons and i were out playing in the dunes with our toys and like any grandma wants to keep up as much as possible and i did a jump...

Everyone has a story and a good writer can make anyone's story interesting. I'm not overly confident about many things in life; there's not much I do better than anyone...

Explaining a day in the life of an MSer is so different from person to person and female to male. MS impacts each of us depending on the type of...

I am a 69 year old male who had his first diagnosis of MS years back. I was beginning my career in sales but had a major car wreck. Out...

I got diagnosed in 2011 with Relapsing MS. Doctors thought I was having a stroke because the right side of my face was dropping down. It wasn’t until after the...

I never thought of myself as being that creative of an artist but this is one thing I did take the time to learn and it reigns in the depression...

You might be scratching your head about now wondering what the heck I mean. Not sure about you but vision is one of the top symptoms I deal with. For...

Hello to whoever read this. My writing in English is not perfect. I saw this wed site and I have been reading the stories, and I decided to write something...

I know you cannot even imagine why someone with MS would fall. It is just hard to believe with such bad balance, dragging numb feet, weak legs, vision issues, dizziness...

I was diagnosed when I was around fifty plus. I was on Copaxone for ten years. It was quickly apparent to me that my MS specialist and the MS "nurse"...

Life was just another day of work and fun in the sun before MS or was it? Oh boy, I know that statement has risen a few eyebrows. Yes, life...