Stories

I am 63 years old. I have been diagnosed with MS for over three years. I also have a neuromuscular disorder called Charcot-Marie-Tooth. I have had symptoms of CMT since...

About 25 years ago my 2nd husband and I began designing a garden I could navigate with MS. My SPMS was diagnosed during my 1st marriage in 1989. My 1st...

I was diagnosed with MS in 2016 but I had the first signs in 1996 overseas. In spite of these signs, I had a normal life, thank God. I started...

3 years ago, I was 15 and was diagnosed with MS when my right arm went numb. Followed by that my right leg went numb and that continued for 2...

I never thought that people would need to get used to isolation. I have friends doing online zoom sessions with me. They ask how I am coping in lockdown. LOL...

I was diagnosed in late 1978 about 3+ months after the birth of my oldest daughter. I won't go into everything but I spent 4 months in the hospital some...

I have had MS for 17 years and my symptoms are stable, manageable and invisible to most. The COVID-19 pandemic has made me consider things differently. First of all, I...

4 years ago I made a new invisible friend full of troubles and pain, but I decided to accept because I don’t want her to be my enemy for the...

I was diagnosed with RRMS in 1998. I was 20 years old with a 9mo old son. I woke up the day after Christmas 1997 and thought I was having...

My first diagnosable symptom was optic neuritis. I was working part-time mucking stalls to pay for my horse's board. After the 4th or 5th stalls, I would notice that there...

Hi, I’m Carolyn and I’ve had MS for 31 years. This year I had an Axonics device implanted on my bladder (outpatient). It’s like a pacemaker for the bladder. A...

My bladder has been a problem for much of my time with MS. As I get on top of the realization that when I first get the urge it means...

We may each have a unique copy of multiple sclerosis, one that fits us just like a pair of beloved jeans that have split up the back seam and that...

YOGA cannot be taught... It has to be experienced. You live YOGA!!! I had practiced yoga for over 9 years (I would be lying if I said regularly but as...

Lately the term thinning the herd has been used more times than I would like to hear. With the coronavirus spreading all over the world it seems that there are...

Everyone in life is on a quest to find a meaning in their life, well I've accelerated on that path. From being voted as the top ten digital professionals to...

When first diagnosed a little over two years ago, I found the hardest thing to cope with was the physical unknowns. My mind immediately went to the worst case scenarios...

Over the years since my diagnosis in 2008, I have encountered and adapted to so many obstacles that I don’t always even know I’m doing it. It’s not until I...

This question hit me hard, because I didn't want to think about it. After all, where I live, there is still snow on the ground so naturally, I have been...

COVID-19 VS Autoimmune I would love to say that 'I am loving the noise of the silence!!!' In the last few days during the lockdown, I'm observing the people's and...