Stories

Hello. I'm new to all of this, so please bare with me. I'm 58 yrs old. It will be two years in October since my diagnosis. I found out when...

Good morning, even if you have to play like it is. First attack 1974.Years of mis-diagnosis! Quite Common, especially in those days. Diag. Finally in 1997. Continued to wok until...

I was just diagnosed with MS in February 2013. I was angry and confused and overwhelmed. I didn't know what I was going to do or who to talk to...

It's been more than four years since my diagnosis after a prolonged episode of double vision. I was in medical school at the time and initially brushed it off, but...

All my life I had heard the name multiple sclerosis my dads mother had it. I was only 13 when she passed away and never really got an understanding of...

I am 51 and was diagnosed with RRMS at age 50. My experience is not unlike many others. I am skilled in two fields that i love over the road:...

In 1985, I completely lost vision in one eye. It mostly came back within a few weeks. That is the extent of my exacerbations. Since then, I have been slowly...

Looks like I have been fighting MS since the mid 1980s. Because my family did not believe I needed medical attention because I am a girl, I did not start...

I was diagnosed with MS in 2005 when I was 19 years old and I am now 26. It was a major life change. All of my dreams of becoming...

My life with Multiple Sclerosis began about 15 years ago. My story began upon returning to work after traveling for a Christmas vacation. I had been feeling extremely tired, thinking...

After an unspecified viral infection during college years, I pretty much returned to life as before, except becoming very tired during sport activities, working on family farm in summers, getting...

Hi, my name is Ashley. I have had some weird symptoms since I was in high school. I would get a lot of tingling sensations in my arms and my...

I have been a type 1 diabetic since the age of 3 now 50. I found out I had MS 7 years ago after years of having problems. About 10...

The funny symptoms began the summer I was 8 years old and I was told it was my imagination-run outside and play. Loss of sight at 16 was blamed on...

My dealings with ms started a couple years ago and was by a mutual friend's fraudulence of it (since ms is such a case by case specific disease, she used...

I'm a 52 year old male and have been an RN for 28 years and I work at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. On a late March 2011 morning, I...

I was diagnosed in 1985 with RR MS, had head-to-toe symptoms, mainly sensory symptoms, although my balance was impaired. I worked full-time post-diagnosis though in those days there were no...

For me with my MS I have found that exercising helps a lot. I live in Omaha Nebraska and I am very fortunate to have a personal trainer Corey Gill...

I am 54 years old, and have not only 1 autoimmune disease, MS, but 2 more: type 1 diabetes and hypothyroidism. I have had diabetes for about 18 years, and...

In October 1999, I woke up one morning and my feet were numb. Gee, I wonder why? I said. So, I went to the doctor and she asked me a...