Stories

I was diagnosed in 2003 with what they thought was RRMS, but now the doctor thinks it may have been PPMS from the start. It can be hard to tell...

I was diagnosed in 2004 with RRMS after being going several years with the diagnosis of Lupus. I was started on Betaseron and for two years of taking this drug...

I realize everyone is different, but I'll go out on a limb and say, SOME FORM OF WATER EXERCISE WILL HELP YOU. A friend who witnessed my deteriorating mobility encouraged...

I was diagnosed with MS 17 years ago. With 5 small children at home, I struggled everyday to do my best. After the kids were all grown and on their...

This a cry for help not a story , I have lost the ability to tolerate the comment, but you look so good , when someone asks how are you...

In passing one morning I mentioned to my David that I was feeling so tired lately. That I felt as though I couldn’t shake off a virus. We both shook...

The day is nearly upon us. The pretty papers tightly engulfing numerous boxes of assorted gifts beneath a tree adorned. That day, of this season, evokes many emotions within us...

It was August of '82. I was almost 22, preparing to be married in just a few weeks. One day I woke up with a shooting pain in my eye...

It is still quite early to be thinking about the annual MS walk scheduled each spring. Or is it? This will be my third year participating in my local MS...

I am an artist with MS and find that my work keeps my mind off my illness most of the time, so it's very therapeutic for me. I paint pet...

Picture this…a warm smile, a coy grin, lovely hair well-coiffed, flawless make-up, and a figure and form sporting casual chic or dressed to the nines. Our life with Multiple Sclerosis...

My name is Clay Monroe and I am a 31 year old husband and father of 3. I was in the United Stated Navy for 4 years. After serving on...

In 2008 I was in an auto accident. I’ve had problems since that day. I saw two pain management doctors and was not any better. My doctor ordered an MRI...

The article you are about to read was not written by me, but rather by my oldest son, Caleb. He is 24 and also works in healthcare as an EMT...

My wife was diagnosed with MS in Mar 2013. What started as some minor back pain, which we thought was just a strain, evolved into pain that moved across her...

I was 21, and went into the hospital on May 2nd 1991 for ten days of diagnostic testing. That was NOT the "Exact" diagnosis date, but it was the date...

I was sitting in my car in front of the neurologists' office. It was mid-November 2010 and I had been told by these lovely people that I had MS. Actually...

And thus it begins again. This season that is filled with feelings of anticipation, excitement and expectations. Oh, and let me not forget to mention those additional feelings of anxiety...

I am new to MS, just diagnosed in May this year although tested in February. I had a follow up MRI in August and was told that there wasn't any...

It was with great sadness this week that I learned of Patrick Leer’s death. He passed away at home in the presence of his daughter, Megan, after battling unsuccessfully lung...