Stories

I was 25 when I found out that I have MS. I spent about 3days in the hospital had all kinds of tests from bone marrow test to blood work...

These are my feeling forwards MS medications! You see I was diagnosed in 08' after being able to produce a backlog of different events in my life from the time...

I was diagnosed with RRMS in May 1987. My first attack was losing all feeling in my right leg. I had many attacks after that & suffered almost every symptom...

Remember when Michael Jordan played a lights-out game while battling the flu? We all know that "being sick" doesn't give you super-powers, but it does increase your focus. Why don't...

Shhhh... MS' dirty little secret Only a small percentage of MS patients suffer from disinhibition, impulsivity and lack of insight. For me, they happened together - a trio of destruction...

Hi - diagnosed 2008 relatively symptom free but going through relapse, can anyone tell me if numbness can become active? Mine did not bother me until relapse and now can't...

1) You don't capitalize the name of the disease (multiple sclerosis). You only use capital letters when referring to it as 'MS.' Which is good because the dang disease doesn't...

It was Monday, April 13th, 1997 at 6:30 a.m. when the alarm sounded. After a late night jamming at the loft with Rick and the boys, slamming bongs, smoking joints...

You feel guilty about running out of energy when you shouldn't, don't you? You've done everything right - You got the correct amount of sleep, ate the right things (and...

It all started May of last year, my father was ill and work was busier than ever. I am a graphic designer for an ad agency in New York City...

Being sociable and at ease when meeting new people is something that I feel I’ve had a natural knack for most of life. I consider myself very lucky to get...

The week my daughter turned 3 in May 2014, I was admitted to the hospital with extreme pain and loss of vision in my right eye (optic neuritis). After a...

I “skipped” right through the first 6 years after my diagnosis with hardly any relapses or even symptoms. My then yearly neurologist’s visits were just “jumping through a hoop”, something...

I recently got married and my mother in law has MS. My husband got locked up when he was 18 because he was illegally trying to provide for his mother...

I got a chair lift last year-I did not think I needed one-have I said before that I am stubborn?- (thank goodness my husband & mother saw my struggles) until...

Facial hair - I am sure I have grown more facial hair in the last couple of years so I've looked on-line to see if it's one of the side...

Does anyone else have constant headaches. I have one everyday on a Scale of 1 to 10 a constant 8 or 9 pain level. Help...... Anyone have any suggestions...

I need to get in some sort of shape... (nice if it could be Angelina Jolie or even Jamie lee Curtis, but beggars can't be choosers). Getting my head back...

HELP. They want to do blood stuff for 10 days, nope. I asked this i feel PT and few more steroids it might get better. You see i have DDD...

Yesterday I had an experience that made me realize how alone I really am. It was a hot day to begin with, and we had stopped to visit family. Their...