Stories

I have been married 31 years, 25 of them living with MS. It's been a regular life, children, job changes, loved ones passing, and everyday people who drift in and...

So I'm new to this, not sure where to start. I was diagnosed with MS over 8 years ago. I have more bad days then I do good. It's hard...

A purpose of this document demonstrates how a person’s background, education, perspective can either lead to their fear of MS or their encouragement to fight MS. Over the years I...

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson: What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. As An octogenarian I am familiar with...

Ok so I never knew about MS really I knew people who had it but never knew what it did to those suffering from it. I had started seeing my...

I was diagnosed with MS on October 22, 2012. That day will forever be ingrained in my memory. Over the past five years since my initial diagnosis, I have realized...

What does the selection of a caretaker have to do with melting cheese? Wait… Read further. A selection of a caretaker is not an easy task. Included is a list...

How does it feel today? I have such a challenging time describing how my body feels on a day to day basis. I think I am doing so well today...

I had an urgent neurologist appointment today because I have fallen each of the past 4 days. Turns out the other shoe has fallen, literally. Now I've officially got bilateral...

I get it. It has me taken approximately 25 years for me to get it. What is it? It is the fact that I have multiple sclerosis. It has changed...

You are not a no-one; you are someone that was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Now it is required that you make modifications to where you live that will make your...

I’m testing my new super power today. So far, I can do it once but not again until I’ve rested for days. (Insert training montage music here.) Some people might...

What does 'being in the moment' mean to me as a person living with multiple sclerosis. You might say I'm in the twilight of my life, cognizant of the ups...

I was diagnosed with ms 5 months ago. It's all started when I had this hand spasm I thought it wasn't a big deal. I had it for 9 days...

Challenge: A purpose of this document is to emphasize the need for a person with MS to understand the medication that they may take for MS. The medication can offer...

I worked full time for a private practice D.O. I had been her nurse for 7 years. In the past 3-4 years while working I would experience symptoms that were...

Looking back I've been examining my thoughts, wondering when I started to move in a different direction; free from conclusions and discriminations that held me back intellectually, creatively emotionally and...

Medusa. Brought to you by MS A purpose of this document is to give you five quick tips that have worked for me and not to bore you with that...

Sensation can be a good thing or, as in my case, a not so good thing. In 1994, I lived where I could walk around the lake, 2 miles around...

I love being clean. Not only being clean, but getting clean. When I was going into first grade, the “Big Girl” grade, my mom told me that I could shower...