Stories

I think it is commonly accepted that the framework of the five stages of grief – denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance – not only apply when we lose a...

Me: I wish to report a robbery. Police Dispatch: when did it occur indeed you have any identification of the robber? Me: It started 25 years ago. The thief was...

In order to better illustrate the erratic behavior of this disease. I woke up earlier than early yesterday morning with severe cramping in my right leg, hopped out of bed...

This month is our 24-year wedding anniversary. When we stood before the altar all those years ago and said our vows, they contained those standard phrases like "for better, for...

Got MS? What about your identity? What about my identity? It may be the simple things that we can no longer do that enables us to begin to understand that...

I was diagnosed with MS in May 2016. Over the last two years, I’ve had 5 MRIs, some 1.5 Tesla and some 3T. When I heard about this research study...

I was diagnosed with MS in 2015. I don’t always feel like smiling, or doing the things I know to be right. I don’t always feel peace and joy. There...

I am a 62 year old woman. I started the process of getting diagnosed with MS, in 1998. I go to my appointments take my meds as subscribed, travel 5...

I have just recently been diagnosed with MS. It hit hard at first and i can't stop thinking, why me? I lost my mom in a accident almost 3 years...

In a couple of months I will turn 50. A milestone. Granted, I would have liked to stay in my 40s for a bit longer. I feel quite attached to...

I had the most aggravating and, quite frankly, humiliating experience I have ever had with MS this last week. I belong to an online forum where anything and everything is...

I'm the mom writing about my son this is very weird for me because I don't even have Facebook I just stumbled on this site looking for answers for MS...

I have lived with MS for 20 years. The first 15 years were a piece of cake and very manageable. Stay out of the heat! Deal with the occasional limp!...

I was diagnosed with Gastroparesis when I was around thirteen possibly a year or two younger, I'm now twenty years old. I had a sudden high fever as well as...

I have been lucky enough to have good insurance. I still pay more than I'd like in co-pays and drug costs, but when your idea of a mid life crisis...

When I finally agreed to see a neurologist in 1998, that was my response to his “probable” diagnosis of MS. I know that’s not uncommon but I actually was in...

Like most MS patients, I've been consumed by a disease that has changed my life. Acceptance of my restrictions, inadequacies and overall physical distress seemed impossible. I tried putting it...

My name is Tesha Taylor, and I wanted to share my MS story. Something that I hope touches and inspires others to live their life to the fullest and set...

I was recently diagnosed with PPMS, to which I am not yet excepting well. When I inform friends, family, co-workers of this bad news, they all feel compelled to tell...

Dear stranger who announces that you are praying for me, Please don’t. These moments feel more like an attack and an invasion of privacy than well wishes. That deep inhalation...