Stories

Hello everyone... I was diagnosed with RRMS in 1979 while in nursing school and I was also engaged to a medical student. It all started out with optic neuritis and...

I'm 44. I have not been diagnosed with MS but, my symptoms as of late have me wondering and confused. I was diagnosed with costochondritis in May 2018. Painful and...

Now 49. Thinking back about 15 years ago the first thing was both of my lower legs going numb. I was always a runner. And EMGs the work up and...

I was diagnosed in 2006 two years after I became a registered nurse. I am not taking anything for it at the moment. I did take copaxone injections in the...

This is not hoodoo medicine. There are people who specialize in this. Everyone knows that PT is an important component in managing the spasticity that often comes along with this...

My dad, unfortunately, passed from a heart attack about a month ago at the age of 71. He had battled MS for the past 15 years of his life. He...

Quote By M. A. Radmacher: "Courage does not always roar. Sometimes it is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying: I'll try again tomorrow." Last week I...

Here’s a little story, my first, about something I would have done differently. First of all, my grandmother was diagnosed before I was born and lived 42 years with MS...

I wrote this story a few years ago - when I transitioned to Secondary Progressive MS. The humming from my cell phone startles me. The doctor’s name clearly displayed, takes...

If someone had told me a few years ago that at some point I would no longer have the use of my arms and hands and would have to rely...

I’m on “hold” again with my insurance company, or “benefits administrator,” which gives me plenty of time to share some thoughts. This call started off, as they all do, with...

When I was 57 years old I was told my brain was that of a much older person's. Admitted for a spinal tap which was negative I was told to...

My name is Jon Wegner aka Scooterjon. I currently live in North Dakota, USA, after being a lifelong Minnesotan. It's hard to believe I've lived in North Dakota now for...

I don't know what to do or where to go. I don't even know if my son, who's 30 has MS. Occasionally through the years, I wondered about him though...

Hi, I haven't been diagnosed, but I think I may have MS :( My symptoms started around 9 months ago with some weird, cold, numb feelings in my right hand...

It’s been 10 months since I got out of the suffering period of MS. It was unimaginably frustrating and hard to deal with. I have visited a neurosurgeon in a...

It was the day before my first day back at work. My boyfriend and I decided to do a trial run to my office just to make sure I could...

I have been living with MS for about 18 years now. I was diagnosed when I was only 13!!! Through all these years, I have been fortunate to stay healthy...

Do you remember the old tv show Super Market Sweep? This is the music that was playing in my head as I approached the Quick Check doors. This was my...

I walk like a duck! And I am not complimenting myself. Quite the contrary. Waddle – walk, wide stance and repeat. Waddle – walk, wide stance and repeat. My auspicious...