Stories

When I turned 44, I was working at a hospital, and enjoying it, as well as raising the last of my four children. I noticed when I charted that my...

I've written using this title so many times because it so aptly describes what I am doing about ridding myself of the yoke of MS. I'm sitting on the edge...

Hi, my name is Kristi I am 48 years old and was diagnosed with RRMS in 1995. My first symptoms were numbness and weakness on my left side shortly after...

I was fraught with anxiety as I contemplated my return home. How would I get down the stairs? A perplexing question because now I must use the wheelchair exclusively to...

I have had MS, Lupus, and RA for almost 16 years now. I retired and moved south to get out of the snow and cold. My sister came with me...

Hey everybody. I have not been diagnosed with MS yet. I have been diagnosed with so many other things though. Last week I went to my neurologist again at the...

“Would you like some company?” a friend or family member will ask before a treatment appointment or a neurological consultation. Me: “Nope.” The number one thing anyone can do for...

I am probably one of the most sex-positive people you’ll ever meet. In my 20s, 30s, and early 40s, I not only thoroughly and completely enjoyed sex, but it was...

My name is Haslie and I am 78 years old and diagnosed in 2010 with SPMS and may have had MS since the early 80s when the first symptoms were...

Where do I begin? My sister was diagnosed last year with MS, and this disease has turned both our worlds upside down. However, I think it has brought our family...

Eight years ago I awoke to the weirdest feeling in my life. Or lack of feeling, I guess, I should say. I couldn't feel the entire left side of my...

After three or for years of falling, limping, managing unusual fatigue, while out of town, a chiropractor asked to try a laser on my spine to help with my gait...

I was diagnosed in 2002. The journey has been no fun. Serious depression, wondering what is next. Actually suicidal at one point. Stress the big reason. I got over it...

Yesterday it was 77 and sunny here in Philadelphia. We went to the Phil zoo yesterday afternoon, in February...what :-) ?? It was a-mazing!! Loved it!! There was a nice...

The first five years were supportive and livable. Now, I’m too tired. I’m too tired to care about much. My marriage is just us passing in the hall. My kids...

I get antsy in support groups. Even after 30 years, I’ve not learned how to be at ease talking about my relationship with MS. Very recently I read Devin Garlit’s...

I saw a movie recently. I don’t remember much about it, but at the end, the heroine of the movie was saved from certain death all because she was scarred...

This is by far the biggest challenge I have ever faced in my 45 years on Earth. More challenging than being a market maker on the Nasdaq stock market without...

Six years ago, MS joined my moderate depression and anxiety to completely tear me down. I'm happy to report that by the grace of the almighty God, I'm still here!...

The other day I shared my story of how MS came into my life 22 years ago. This time I would like to share a typical day in my life...