Stories

I was diagnosed with MS in 2007. It was around this time that a crop of MS experts was born. One day, as I struggled along going into work with...

I've had lots of things happen to me over the years before and after my MS diagnosis. Sensitivity to noise and light, numbness, tingling, muscle spasms, spasticity, weakness, myoclonus, cognitive...

"She said a good day ain't got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in bed and think of things that might have been" -Paul Simon...

Getting diagnosed late in life, I was 55 and I am now 61, was a real kick in the pants. As far back as I can remember I had issues...

Yes... It annoyed me to be told ten years ago, in my late fifties, that I had RRMS. It annoyed me when I was told the 'treatment' was a self-injection...

For the last 10 years I have suffered with trigeminal neuralgia. Usually 1 attack per year. The last attack happened about 2 years ago and was the worst I have...

Miss my life before I had MS...I used to have fun and didn't depend on anyone to assist me...But now, I need someone to hold my hand to climb stairs...

MS has changed me. I'm not the woman I used to be. At 53, I no longer work. I would be an unreliable employee. I get confused under stress and...

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed at 16 with MS. I am now 36, and doing pretty well with it (knock on wood, fingers crossed, etc...). I lost my father when...

Hi everyone here, I have written here before but mostly just read. I was reading how the heat affects people with MS, I have found that the cold is so...

My story isn't that great, but what the heck. When my sister was diagnosed with MS I remember my whole family freaking out and getting worried. A few years later...

I had a questioned posed to me recently about my living with MS..."Do you feel trapped?" The question was quite unexpected and what’s more, even I was surprised by my...

I was 21 years old. I arrived home from work and kicked off my pumps one at a time. When my stocking-clad right foot set down on the carpet, it...

Back around 2005, I was inspecting a apartment building (I am a Property Manager) and noticed that I was walking crooked--almost like I was drunk. I thought "Oh, it probably...

I am a big cry-baby. Haven't shared out of fear because I know I am. 2013 I started feeling what I thought were strokes. Being from a small town I...

I feel I sort of have a not to exciting story.... but that is okay. 16 years ago I was having almost daily headaches but just poo-pooed it off. Then...

One of the many things MS has changed in me is my feeling of being 'connected'; to my family, friends, faith, grief and even my financial situation. I most often...

Hi my name is Sandy. I was dx'd with MS in 1987 age 27. The relapse I had was very bad to me. Numbness on both sides of body, slurred...

I have been a registered nurse for 5 years. I come from a family of nurses, my mom, my grandmother. This makes things so much more difficult, so to speak...

I was diagnosed with "MS" in October 2013 and I was shattered in a million peaces my world had just ended. The first thing I thought of was how was...