Stories

Sometime in the early 80's, one of my younger sisters went with our mother to the grocery store. When they returned, said sister had a brand new pack of Bubblicious...

“Within 10 years 50% of newly diagnosed patients will suffer some form of disability,” the neurologist informed us. I wasn’t sure if we were being warned or chastised. Was this...

My MS was Dx in a weird way. I worked full time as a RMA in a busy doctors office in Tampa, FL when I started to have sharp pain...

A few days ago, I was sitting with my legs curled up under me. When I tried to stand up, my foot was not flat on the floor. It was...

This forum gives me a chance to tell my side of the story. As my partner, who left me 3 months after diagnosis, did not really want to hear it...

Life with MS as seen through my machines. This is my story of MS journey through my mobility machines since diagnosis 20 years ago. The variety of insights have often...

MS is miserable on relationships. Not only for your significant other but all relationships. Your family and friends craves you will be better and your significant other runs away scared...

Didn't really join this site because I have MS. I don't. But I do have chronic aphasic migraines, and hypertension, and a chronic cardiac condition. The cog fog caught my...

How does MS affect me: on September 10, 2015. I had a MRI done of my brain and spine. Previously I'd had a MRI done of just my spine. The...

I was diagnosed in 2002. After learning about MS I probably have had symptoms for 20 yrs. I want to talk about fatigue and depression. I used to link them...

Just recently diagnosed feeling really pissed off with the whole thing not even convinced it is MS! Even though had all the test brain scan, lumber puncture, and all point...

It started with a numb spot on the bottom of my foot, about the size of a quarter. Normally, I don't run to the doctor for every little thing, but...

Sometimes it seems like the only thing I can do without pain, strain or exhaustion is to breath. Unless I’m being "hugged". Then even sitting and breathing is difficult. I’ve...

My MS symptoms started with numbness from the waist down. I woke up on May 18th 2016 & was numb. The numbness has never left only moved up the total...

In the ups and downs of life we are often on depressing paths especially if we are MS patients. In MS, or a Pandora box, I must call it, there...

It started, when I suffered with day-time knee pain, due to my MS and Rheumatoid Arthritis. One night I woke up at 2 am to go to the bathroom. I...

Just a quick thought that I needed to express and wanted to see how many people out there have gone through the same thing. While on Social Security Disability, has...

It all happened back in my 2nd year of college at Durham College... I was taking Music Business Administration and just finished my last day of 1st semester. My friends...

I believe pain represents life or more appropriately where there is life there is pain as only death can bring pain free life. Yet the daily battle of pain in...

Accepting yourself with all your flaws is a great achievement but accepting your illness and adapting your self is a thing of beauty is a joy forever. It's an art...