Stories

I was diagnosed in 1999. I was 39. I had my first symptoms when I was 12. All the time I was growing up, I could never quite do as...

I was diagnosed with Progressive MS at the ripe age of 67, never having had RRMS. However I did have Trigeminal Neuralgia bout about two years earlier and was treated...

I was diagnosed in 2004 at age 56. I was showing signs of having a stroke, but it was not the cause of my problems. My primary care doctor is...

The thought of MS was bouncing around the minds of my doctors around 2009. At that time my feet where in pain and were numb. One day, while living in...

I'm nineteen and should be focusing on trying to scavange up money for college but am constantly being reminded on the news as well as television commercials that I should...

Well, first off i dont use correct grammar or punctuation because its to much of a bother to me...yet i hate spelling mistakes but whos perfect right? i have been...

I was diagnosed with RRMS three months after my youngest son was born three years ago. The entire time I was pregnant I was supper depressed of course not knowing...

I thought I was ok with being diagnosed with rrms cause my neurologist had gave me the heads up about the possibility of me having ms. When I got the...

As January of this year unfolds, I anxiously await what is yet to be revealed throughout these next twelve months about any future and possible improvements or further lessening of...

First and foremost, I am a blogger (http://seekingalpha.com/author/chris-demuth-jr/instablog) with interests ranging from investing to politics and MS. I am currently most interested in getting the views of MS patients and...

Anyone who knows me knows my deep love and appreciation for animals; specifically dogs. I have an adorable Golden Retriever rescue, Abby, who is the light of my life. Not...

Yesterday,  January 15 was the 13th anniversary of my diagnosis. Funny how that always sticks in my head. Does anybody else remember their date? I have held steady all these...

With a late diagnosis (1999 when I was 52), I finally had the answer to what was wrong with me. For years I'd had some testing with inconclusive results. It...

Hi!!! I'm a 32 year old wife and mother of three who was diagnosed with MS on December 9, 2013. I developed vision loss in my left eye and lost...

I was first diagnosed at the age of 48 with RRMS.   In just 2 yrs, I had failed on two of the most reputable first line drugs and ended...

After 14 years of being told I had an active imagination, I was diagnosed in 1967 and told I didn't have long - I was immobile from the neck down...

I was diagnosed about 6 years ago, I was a healthy 40 year old male working a good job at a utility company in the metro St. Louis ares. From...

Love conquers all! I was diagnosed in 1986 with MS. In 1980, after my first year attending graduate school in Bloomington, IN, I returned to my home town Pittsburgh, PA...

In June 1986, my big brother of 26 years was diagnosed with MS. He had been working as a truck driver on a construction job. He did not see the...

I was diagnosed in 2003 with what they thought was RRMS, but now the doctor thinks it may have been PPMS from the start. It can be hard to tell...