Vindicated, Scared, WinIt's 2018 and I just found out I have MS. All these years I've tried to make doctors understand that there is...reactions1comment
I Didn't Need a CheeseburgerThe summer of 2018 was a tipsy one for me. It was before I was diagnosed and before any of us knew...reactions3comments
Coaching Up!I was a college soccer coach. While on vacation in Jamaica, I had my first known encounter with MS. The doctors there...reactions2comments
A Person Has to Accept What They Cannot ChangeA person has to accept what they cannot change. In order to move on, to learn how to breathe again, to climb...reactions13comments
I Found Out Who I WasWhen diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The life you once had, the dreams and ambitions suddenly without warning, are stripped away. It starts...reactions11comments
It's Just a Speed BumpI've always been the rescuer and an adrenaline junkie. It was either on the ambulance or the fire dept., our business, or...reactionscomments
When I Felt Proud and AccomplishedI look at when I was first diagnosed with M.S., and to now, I have accomplished and am very proud that I'm...reactionscomments
The Little MSer Who CouldAs an MSer, one of the biggest obstacles I have faced since my diagnosis in 2020 was losing my natural ability to...reactions6comments
Can't Stop, Won't StopMy MS journey began in 2012 with a misdiagnosis from a neurologist who said my lesions were nothing to worry about, so...reactions1comment
Diagnosis DelayedIn July 1985 I checked my blind spot while driving and was hit with a lightning strike from my neck to my...reactionscomments
Career EndingI was in healthcare, and although I'd heard of MS, I was not at all familiar with it. For me I had...reactionscomments
What The MS?!!!!!About 6 months after having my one and only child, I started to notice that I really was not myself. I forgot...reactionscomments
From Bad to WorseI was diagnosed with Crohn's disease in 1974. I got the worst kind right off the bat. Fistula, the whole shebang. I...reactionscomments
If I Knew Then What I Know Now...I would have prioritized my self-advocacy over self-doubt. I would have trusted my body to tell me what it needed rather than...reactions1comment
No WayI was diagnosed in 2018 after a vague tingling in my right foot was getting a bit scary (and annoying). I was...reactionscomments
My Husband's Journey with MSMy husband, in his mid-thirties, started getting very fatigued after mowing the lawn. We had moved from Iowa to Florida for his...reactionscomments
How Did I Even Get Here and What's NextOn my 50th birthday, which was 2 years ago almost to the day. I felt like I was on top of the...reactions19comments
Time to get over this irrational fear.I was diagnosed with MS in October of 2000. In the last 16 years, I have spoken to three people that actually...reactions3comments
The Story of KyttenSometimes I view my life, my story if you will, as having two books. The first book is titled "Before" and the...reactionscomments
My greatest teacher: MS!I was diagnosed with MS just after my 17th birthday, and it shattered my perception of who I was. I had been...reactions2comments
