Stories

Have you ever nodded your head to make someone think you're following what their saying but really have no clue? You probably don't even care what they're talking about. I...

I have the power wheelchair. Jose, the technician, delivered it and showed me its impressive range of functions. Wendy, my beloved physical therapist, was very encouraging and worked with me...

I'm sure some of you have experienced a sense of relief when you finally got your diagnosis. But my relief goes beyond that - I'm genuinely thankful. How crazy does...

So tomorrow I’m getting a new power chair and I was joking then I have to get myself a Stephen Hawking voice to go with it. And of course Sheila...

I have a 4 year old son who is having trouble sleeping at night because he is going through that phase where he's afraid of the dark and the monsters...

I'm 45 and was diagnosed with PPMS (only) a year ago. Looking back, hindsight being a wonderful thing, the signs have been there for probably 10 years or more but...

I have had MS since 1961. My symptoms started when I was 3 months postpartum with my first child. I was not diagnosed till 1970 when I had moved to...

I was diagnosed with MS in October of 2000. In the last 16 years, I have spoken to three people that actually have MS. I was invited to a support...

This thing is MS, Multiple Sclerosis. Since the first installment of my journey, back in October 17th 2013, I still have no reason to like MS. But it has taught...

At the last appointment with the MS neurologist, he said, "We need to take out the word, 'remitting'." Hoorah. Let's work on that. Those of us with relapsing remitting multiple...

First know that I always considered myself healthy, active, and vibrant; until I wasn’t. In the early years of the 1990s, my early 30s. I began to create and sense...

I knew for years something was wrong. I would be walking,and all of a sudden I would need to stop. I didn't think it was because I had MS. I...

I thought I would try this blog again, because of so many responses I received from so many MS warriors. I met an elderly couple at a church function the...

I have spent a lot of time trying to figure out when I started exhibiting the earliest symptoms of MS. I was diagnosed in April of 2014 but I knew...

After being diagnosed with this horrible disease I feel very isolated. I'm at the point where I may be sitting on the sofa in terrible pain crying. Many times my...

My husband was diagnosed with MS early 2002. To help him (and me) understand more - I started reading everything I could about MS --- symptoms, medication therapies, etc. We...

I have spent my entire life being a help-ER, as in 'caregiver', helpful friend or neighbor. My parents were in their mid to late forties when I was born, so...

It was a very hot day and I had a long day driving my school bus. However, when I got off my bus, I couldn't move my right arm or...

I was diagnosed late I was given the news on my 52nd birthday after getting off the plane from Australia where the hospital had sent me for an MRI as...

MS has been a big part of my life for many years. First "episode" 1974 when my daughter was born. Officially diagnosed in 1996. Now I am 61 years old...