Stories

I was diagnosed with MS just after my 17th birthday, and it shattered my perception of who I was. I had been an athlete and I was planning to go...

I was diagnosed with MS May 3, 2013. That's a date I'll never forget. I felt like my whole world was collapsing around me. Just hearing the words, Multiple Sclerosis...

Hardest thing to change sometimes is my mind... flip flopping between denial, taking care of self and getting ready for worst case scenario. Since I am not MS and it...

Is anyone paying attention to SPMS? It seems like an orphan disease. I diagnosed it. Honest. My physician said "I guess you're right." I know MS is hard to diagnose...

I was diagnosed with MS at age 17. It was my high school graduation gift lol. I've had multiple sclerosis for 21 years. Stopped working in my late 20's due...

I was diagnosed with MS in May of 2010 after years of trying to figure out what was wrong with me. I woke up one morning paralyzed from the waist...

How 9/11 and MS came together for me. On September 11, 2001 I was sitting in the waiting room at my primary care Dr.’s office with my wife CINDY ...

"Multiple Sclerosis sucks... but zombies don't want to eat my brain!" -alchemie (est. 2008) I worked for Foster Care for a little over 5 years. I'm currently working part-time at...

I was always moving around. Taking care of my family and friends. This time I needed to be taking care of.  It all started in March 2012.  I was a...

Life & Times of an MS Sufferer..... These pages are dedicated to the following people, my father Leslie 1911-1980, my father was an indirect casualty of the smoking lobby, succumbing...

Ok. So where do I start? I was diagnosed 8 years ago after a 6th nerve palsy in that left my left eye unable to turn all the way to...

I was diagnosed with MS about a year ago. Since then my life has changed dramatically. First, everyone says (or they want to believe,) he looks normal. All I can...

My first exacerbation occurred while at spring training with the Boston Red Sox professional baseball team. It started with my vision and two years later I was through playing professional...

MS. You’re here. Not residing anywhere else but here, within me. Nine years and counting. Probably much longer if you really want to play dirty. Why did you choose me...

Recently, I was apart of a campaign that started in Melbourne Australia called Seeing MS. It is a global photographic project that visualises the invisible symptoms of our disease. Nine...

Hello everyone, This is just one story that happened during  the middle of the night, but it scared me so badly I have to talk to someone. I'll try to...

I would see someone pull into a handicap spot and look perfectly fine as they walk into a store. I would assume they were cheating and shake my head in...

Having been absent from the bi-weekly meetings of the HP Support Group since December, I felt a real loss - missing the group get togethers. I've re-discovered the value of...

In July I will have been diagnosed with RRMS for 27 years ago. I went to the emrgency room at the NYU Med Center in Manhattan. The first suggestion from...

Faith. It means different things to different people. For me, my faith, changed from being split between the people I worked for, the people I worked with, and the undying...