Stories

MS has been a big part of my life for many years. First "episode" 1974 when my daughter was born. Officially diagnosed in 1996. Now I am 61 years old...

I started experiencing numbness in my hands and then it went into my arms. I went to a physiotherapist thinking it was a pinched nerve in September 2014. Numbness increased...

Hi I was just diagnosed with MS about a month ago and it was very stressful getting diagnosed for it. It took me 5 months to get diagnosed. At first...

First, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Michele. I am 45 years old, and was officially diagnosed with Relapsing/Remittng MS on September 30, 2015. I have been...

I was diagnosed on April 1,2011 after fighting through 10 years of tests, MRIs, LPs and several neurologists. I was so worn out from all the above I quit going...

Hi everyone! So I have a long story which I try to compress to make it not so long to read. I am 36 years old guy and everything was...

So when I was 14 years old, a freshman in high school I something told me there was something different about me, but I didn't know what that "something" was...

I read Maria Shriver’s 60 best life lessons in honor of her turning 60. So, I thought in honor of me turning 55 - I will write my own life...

I was diagnosed 12 or 13 years ago. I can't remember really. Tragic events get blurry in my memory. But it gets worse. I was standing in church, eyes closed...

What is in a name? My name is not really Silence, but Benjamin Franklin used it as a pseudonym, so can I. I am Silence and I have Multiple Sclerosis...

Years ago I got epilepsy out of the blue and it took me a while to learn how to make decisions on my own proper! I got a brain operation...

Hi, Lorraine has MS and is taken Tecfidera, so much better than the shots. Gradually she is becoming worse and uses a scooter most of the time. Lately, she is...

I was diagnosed in 2007 with RRMS. I worked 12 hr days 5-6 days a week as a QA Supervisor in a food plant. The only doctor I made time...

I am 37 & finally got diagnosed with RRMS after a year of tests and trials. It was a relief to finally know that I was dealing with some very...

I am determined not to let this disease define who I am, but it does define what I am fighting through my diet and exercise regimen. I love baseball (the...

I was diagnosed several years ago with the illness. It's funny because if you didn't know me you would think I'm the picture of health. Well, the funny thing is...

Living with MS, there are always three things that I think about whenever I have to go somewhere for any length of time: 1) What will the temperature be? 2)...

I am new at MS. PPMS is now in my vocabulary. Part of my job is being a researcher so research on MS I have done. I thought, no problem...

After living with RRMS for almost 30 years now, like others that have heard this said to them (But, You Look so Good) I am sure they are tried of...

My story begins very early stage. I will give a short version, as I'm writing a book. No one could understand, why I was accident prone. Fire prone. Mum used...