Stories

My wife and I have been together since we were 18. She was diagnosed with MS three years ago and it has been trying at times. I have remained strong...

Ten days before my 40th birthday I was diagnosed. Lesions were apparent on my MRI that was taken during my hospitalization for Optic Neuritis. I was having an exacerbation that...

I have written down some of the things I have noticed over the last 12 months that worry me. Some days, my good days all I have is a slight...

My youngest daughter aka my sidekick was diagnosed about 8 years ago. She is a amazing person, mother of two children. To see her going through this is so hard...

For the past 20 years, I have lived with severe intolerance to heat, excessive sweating. Also, pains in back, hips, feet, legs, and muscle weakness occasional. A feeling of electricity...

I was diagnosed in April of 2016, but my neurologist thinks I had it for 15 years before the diagnosis. I am 55 years old. I always wondered why I...

Once again the summer is visiting me, claiming its rightful place in nature's world, and (of course) offering me the best of its heat and humidity. I can't say thank...

I am 51 and was diagnosed with MS when I was 39. I'm so excited about this drug!! I was totally dependent on family members to help take care of...

Through adversity I have learned how to be positive. Through indifference I have learned how to give and receive love. Without injustice I would have never learned how to be...

I was diagnosed with MS in 2003. With ups and downs my MS is manageable. Bad heat makes me so tired...

My name is Mikki. I am a lifelong resident of North Carolina. I was born 3 months premature, weighing only 2 lbs, 13 oz. in 1966. It’s a miracle I...

About six years ago, I had a routine MRI scan. I'd had several before with expected results after MS for about 28 years. This was different, though. It lasted no...

In December of 2017, I woke up at four in the morning with a sharp/unbearable pain in the corner of my right eye and double vision. I stood up and...

I was diagnosed on May 18th 2004 which was my birthday. I had had all the symptoms. I mean a list long a year before when I walked into my...

I have RRMS. I recently pet sat for my sister's pets, twice. Each time I got sick afterwards. The same virus. I feel I need to stay away from her...

Does anyone feel resentment towards those with MS who are better off than yourself? Not resentment towards healthy people without MS, but towards those supposedly in the same shoes, but...

Hey, everyone! So... although it has been more than four years that I've been reading your inspiring stories, for some reason, it is only now that I have decided to...

I was diagnosed in 2016 with MS, some may say that is a pretty recent diagnosed but in the two years that has since passed it's felt like a life...

I have been having symptoms since age 23 and I am now almost 72. I had optic neuritis at age 23, 24 and 26. In between I was hospitalized for...

When you're living in Florida it's the worst the heat is horrible. On top of having a mess I have neuropathy. The thing that gets to me most is missing...