Stories

Well, it was Friday, and I had to go to an office meeting in the hospital where I worked. It was July, so it was very hot outside and hot...

I forget about the pains and aches that accompany my RRMS despite the monthly injections I receive and quarterly blood draws. I forget that I don’t have the energy and...

It’s been two years since I started this new chapter in my life titled: “You have Multiple Sclerosis.” Initially, I noticed my left hand went simultaneously numb and tingly. Then...

My name is Deborah, and I have had MS for the past 20 years. It began after completing a sponsored walk when I felt weak down one side. On a...

Way back in the early summer of 1995 (actually the month of May), my wife and I went to Florida and stayed at a condominium for our 3rd anniversary, which...

I hate hope and inspiration. It just doesn't work for me. It's not some "fear to hope" or "fear to be inspired" because I'll fail or be disappointed or any...

I write this as Kathy's husband of 41 years. I enjoy reading how people cope with this disease - I still find them uplifting. But I have to point out...

Hello 👋☕️ I never imagined that I'd become a patient. I am a psychiatric nursing assistant, trained primarily in brain injury rehab. So when my fingers went numb, my rational...

Hi, my name is Jane. I'm a 52-year-old nurse by profession and mother of 3 grown-up children, one biological and two adopted. My journey began in 2011. I woke up...

Just another day, again, I had a conversation with MS. I have a weekly session with MS, like a therapist visit. I asked him "What did you love in me...

I have been recently diagnosed with MS. It all started in April when I started to suffer from double vision. It took me 2 weeks until I went to the...

I am newly diagnosed and allowed myself about a week to feel bad for me. Now, I push myself to do things as best as I can. I used to...

When you are consumed with this so-called life, knee-deep in raising 3 kids, a marriage, a full-time job and a household. And then MS hits you like an 18-wheeler just...

There are so many MS struggles that could be unwrapped in a story, but right now in my journey, I am struggling with what I've forgotten. It has become a...

After 35 years of marriage my husband divorced me, he said I wasn’t fun anymore. I was being treated for fibromyalgia at the time and the doctor I had just...

Diagnosed in 2011, the last 12 years have been *knock on wood* fairly uneventful. Besides fatigue and occasional aches and pains, I have been "lucky" that my MS journey hasn't...

What I learned since being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis is that as many times, as God tried to get me to slow down, the only way he was able to...

As many of you probably know, having MS doesn't always come with good news. In the last almost 17 years since being diagnosed, I've seen my capabilities wane over time...

I was diagnosed with MS in 2000 and started medication to help slow down the relapses. The BEST ADVICE I received from my Neurologist was "Listen to your body." After...

One night before Christmas I went with a client friend to a Johnny Walker Christmas party in the city. I had never drunk scotch or whiskey, but it was supposed...