Stories

My secret place, my safe place. When my pains overflow, when my tears overrun. When my body stumbles and crumbles. I reach to my safe place. I close my eyes...

MS can be an isolating disease. People on the street sometimes look at me like I am drunk. I smile and play along keeping them guessing. I do have daily...

“Golly gee willakers, I’m glad I have MS,” said no one ever, as they went merrily skipping and zip-a-dee-doo-daaing down the street. MS isn’t one of those things you long...

I posted a controversial photo on Facebook last year: It was labeled “Paraplegic Twister,” and it showed a guy in a wheelchair holding a spinner with nothing but blue dots;...

I think about my M.S. every day. Now that my husband is retired, I think about it much more. He's very active, gets up early, and starts working on home...

I’m in my mid-50s and have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis for over a decade. It continues to progress and create new challenges but I continue to take on those...

MS has been a part of me for over 30 years, but I have been determined to maintain goals, preserve old friendships and make new. I try to experience new...

I'm 47 and have had bizarre symptoms for months now. It all started with blurry vision, my feet and hands tingle, night sweats, confusion, I can't write as my hand...

I was diagnosed at age 33.I think I had it prior to that. My ex-husband (a medical professional) and my children were the only ones who knew. I continued to...

Hello, My name is Tom, age 49. I grew up in the Chicagoland area until I moved to Portland, Oregon after a divorce with my wife. I lived with my...

I thought it would be easy. You know, mind over matter, positive thinking, putting good vibes out into the universe and all that jazz. Whoosah. Breathe in, breath out. I...

This is more a question than a story. All my life I have seemed to be immune to flying bugs, they just weren't interested in me. I never put on...

To all those here who are considering a wheelchair... When I first received my wheelchair back in 2018, I just assumed it would be easy peasy. My freedom had arrived...

Hello MS.net, You all have not heard from me in a long time. In August, 2 weeks after my birthday, I slipped in the shower on some water and broke...

Always believe in yourself. I am not afraid. I cannot let my fears take me, it will try, it’s grip is immense. But I will wake up every morning with...

I started in March with numbness in my toes on my right foot. Then it has progressively gotten worse. I have numbness and burning from my hips down. I’m tripping...

So with the trip to the neurologist yesterday and him tacking on neuropathy to my already long list, it just makes you think. You know when you're diagnosed, that your...

Being grounded. Often times in our lives, events of an unforeseen nature can wreak havoc and create a rip in our reality that so devastates and rewrites the very story...

I've had multiple symptoms and other factors for many, many years since my mid 20's that doctors in 3 different states dismissed, and I'm now in my 50's! Living in...

I have talked about being referred to a pain doctor on our site earlier. Here is my experience... I saw the doctor, he assured me he could help with the...