Stories

While in the Navy, in the early 80's, I started experiencing intense pain and constriction in the left side and chest. The ship's Dr, thought it might be a heart...

I'm 30 years old, and I was diagnosed when I was 27. It's been a wild, crazy trip, and I thought I'd share some things that have been on my...

I was in my mid to late 30's. Had everything going for me. I had a great job working as Acct. office Mgr. at our local Walmart. Got paid very...

I have been living with M.S. for two years now, have constant bladder infections, and vision trouble, but don't really know when I should see my doctor? I seem to...

It all started the last week of January 2011. I was sick off and on for about 2 months. I woke up one day and my feet were prickly, I...

I have had MS for almost six years now. I never went to websites for support, I just learned to live with it day by day. I was diagnosed January...

I am just getting my story out there, hopefully it can be beneficial to others. This took place 2 years ago, and I posted this on another MS site, patientslikeme...

Hi everyone, my name is Maribeth. Just a little over a year ago I was diagnosed with M.S. To say it rocked my world would be an understatement. See before...

Surviving my circumstances and finally learning to 'ACCEPT' them is the defining imperative of my personal MS journey! Being born in 1954, there wasn't much awareness in the general front...

Well, I'm 22 years young now, and was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis when I was 18 years old. The story is a fun one, I think. Here goes: I had...

I'd like to think that's odd. In 1989 I had optic neuritis but didn't see a doctor and the effects went away in about 7 days. In 1990 a friend...

My mother had MS. I tried to understand the disease and learn as much as I could attending her support group meetings, taking trips to her Dr. but I didn't...

Hi I'm a 46yr old guy who first came down with MS when I was 19. The first time I noticed something I was out partying with friends, my left...

I found out when my son was 6months old that I had ms and I was 34. My go misdiagnosed me with sciatica for 4 years prior so I probably...

After spending a weekend in Chicago with my daughter, we find ourselves in crowded Union Station to catch the Amtrak back home... I've never been on a real train before...

I hesitate to write my story as it is yet to be finished. Today I write about my journey into this new reality. I was diagnosed on January 9, 2013...

I am a 35 year old male from a small city in North Carolina called North Wilkesboro. In 2006 my mother died from complications of Primary Progressive MS. Not very...

I was diagnosed with Primary Progressive MS in 1998 by a World Famous Neurologist whose name I can't recall, and that is a problem because now I have been told...

I began working at Tacoma Area Coalition of Individuals with Disabilites (TACID) in January 2012. Little did I know I would come to use it's services in a very personal...

I will never forget, July 24th, 2003, my 40th birthday. I was in the shower and when I went to get out of the shower, the room started spinning so...