I Found Out Who I WasWhen diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The life you once had, the dreams and ambitions suddenly without warning, are stripped away. It starts the beginning of your new life and the...reactions11comments
Living with Multiple Sclerosis Since 2003When I was 23 and working as a gunsmith for Keltec, I lost eyesight in my left eye! With that being said, you can just imagine how hard it was...reactions1comment
It's Just a Speed BumpI've always been the rescuer and an adrenaline junkie. It was either on the ambulance or the fire dept., our business, or with one of my kids. I live in...reactionscomments
The Little MSer Who CouldAs an MSer, one of the biggest obstacles I have faced since my diagnosis in 2020 was losing my natural ability to walk. It was such a sudden, drastic change...reactions6comments
Can't Stop, Won't StopMy MS journey began in 2012 with a misdiagnosis from a neurologist who said my lesions were nothing to worry about, so I didn't. Fast forward 5 years to losing...reactions1comment
When I Felt Proud and AccomplishedI look at when I was first diagnosed with M.S., and to now, I have accomplished and am very proud that I'm still alive and still walking up right. Even...reactionscomments
Diagnosis DelayedIn July 1985 I checked my blind spot while driving and was hit with a lightning strike from my neck to my right hand. I determined it must be a...reactionscomments
Career EndingI was in healthcare, and although I'd heard of MS, I was not at all familiar with it. For me I had fainted at first, but never did learn the...reactionscomments
Life and Challenges with MSLiving with Multiple Sclerosis is every day, month and year. When I was told that I had M.S. in 2007, I thought the world was going to crumble down on...reactions7comments
What The MS?!!!!!About 6 months after having my one and only child, I started to notice that I really was not myself. I forgot people’s names, mixed up words in sentences while...reactionscomments
If I Knew Then What I Know Now...I would have prioritized my self-advocacy over self-doubt. I would have trusted my body to tell me what it needed rather than forcing a uniform lifestyle on it based on...reactionscomments
From Bad to WorseI was diagnosed with Crohn's disease in 1974. I got the worst kind right off the bat. Fistula, the whole shebang. I was 17. Fast forward to 2009 and several...reactionscomments
No WayI was diagnosed in 2018 after a vague tingling in my right foot was getting a bit scary (and annoying). I was 57 at the time, a bit on the...reactionscomments
My Husband's Journey with MSMy husband, in his mid-thirties, started getting very fatigued after mowing the lawn. We had moved from Iowa to Florida for his new job as assistant director of a library...reactionscomments
How Did I Even Get Here and What's NextOn my 50th birthday, which was 2 years ago almost to the day. I felt like I was on top of the world! I spent it backcountry camping at Lake...reactions19comments
OMG MomentsSo many indignities, so little time. MS is comical at the best of times. My gait resembles a drunken Roomba, my speech is stunted and choppy, and everything in my...reactions5comments
Happiest Day Turns Into the WorstIt was back February 23, 2010. I was admitted to labor and delivery, and February 24th at 12:30 am my son came into this world via emergency C-section! I wasn't...reactionscomments
On Deaf Ears and People Who Are HelplessHere is the thing. I tell my loved ones the total truth about how I am feeling about my physical and or mental state when it comes to myself and...reactions1comment
My MS JourneyWhen I was 40 years old, now I am 77, I had my first MS attack. I was walking down the street at a holiday resort in AB. My left...reactionscomments
My MS DiagnosisI was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis on October 30, 2013. From that day forward, my life was never the same. But getting there was harder than even hearing the diagnosis...reactions1comment
