Stories

When I was diagnosed with MS, I was falling a lot. At work and at home. I went to my family doctor who had ordered a MRI. The time waiting...

I was diagnosed with RRMS on January 13, 2009-- interestingly, also one of my brothers' birthday. I was in a Phase II clinical trial for Ocrelizumab from 09-11, and had...

Hello, My name is BarbieD. I was diagnosed in 1990 after several years of symptoms and testing. I am a second generation person with MS. My younger sister has been...

I was diagnosed when I was 16. That was 19 years ago, as I am now 35. It has been a long and turbulent road as so many others who...

I am Denise and I was diagnosed 3 1/2 years ago at the age of 47. It started with a blurry spot in my right eye. After going to the...

I am probably the luckiest person alive with MS. Let me explain. So many people spend months, and often years, going from doctor to doctor explaining pain, numbness, and many...

I was 15 when I first got really sick, I was in the hospital for about 2 months. It started with Viral Meningitis, then became Acute Disseminated Encephamylitis. ADEM is...

Hello, My name is Doc and I have just a "touch of MS" as a doctor said to me several years ago. I have never been a serious person, even...

It was bad i could hardly breath it felt like when i told my dr about this he didnt have a clue what i ment so i'd say there a...

I was helping to take care of my gramma, whom was diagnosed with lung cancer (which eventually turned into bone cancer because of VERY late diagnoses).  I woke up one...

I was 26 years old, a new wife and a new mother when I started having symptoms. I first noticed that my right hand was very weak and I was...

When my father was first diagnosed at age 50, his symptoms were mild. His balance was off a bit. We thought he needed glasses. My first question was "is this...

My wife was diagnosed with MS 21 years ago, six years before we were married. So I knew what I was getting into but in truth I was not prepared...

Multiple Sclerosis was the scariest two words I had ever heard come out of a doctor's mouth. I was sick with a cold for a little while and had recently...

I am a man! That being said, as a young boy I liked getting dirty. As I got older, I went from a tricycle to a bicycle. Bicycles are faster...

I was diagnosed with MS 4 years ago. I have had my ups and downs until just this year. It seems like I am going through relapse more now than...

When my daughter was diagnosed, she was prescribed Copaxone by Teva Pharmaceutical and is living a normal life. It has been about 15 years. This is a daily injectable medication...

I was 60 years old when I received the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. About four years prior to that, I began experiencing some mobility and hand weakness problems, but the...

I was 47 years old when I was diagnosed. I had had several warnings, like numbness, cognitive issues, vision, fatigue and vertigo but it took me loosing feeling in my...

In April of 2008, I had just finished a long, busy season. As a CPA doing taxes, that's what you do. I was use to it. What I didn't expect...