Stories

Looking back at my life, there are many events that have transpired. Some of these events have been happy, some sad, and then there are those that have been trying...

Today has been a hard day. I'm not one to complain but I do need to talk about it. I've been in a lot of pain. My eyesight is getting...

I was the perfect example of someone who should be living with Multiple Sclerosis FEAR. I was 29-years-old, four years into my diagnosis, barely able to walk, unable to control...

It is kind of a strange story for me. I went through life not thinking that MS would ever enter my life. At first it didn't. I knew of one...

My name is Thelma Ashley: My back pain started back in 11/1996. I was walking home from work and my ankle was swollen but it started hurting really bad it...

I was on vacation with my wife and young daughter when I woke up and couldn't see straight. I was still in college and we had decided to go back...

First I would like to express my thanks' to all whom have replied to my first story. A new issue has arrived for my friend with MS. She will now...

I'd like to think that's odd. In 1989 I had optic neuritis but didn't see a doctor and the effects went away in about 7 days. In 1990 a friend...

Waking up back in 2005, I noticed my right eye was cloudy. Darn I slept with my contacts again! Pulling them out and cleaning them I realized the cloud didn't...

I was diagnosed in October 2009 after a brain MRI showed lesions and a spinal showed signs as well. My symptoms that time started in the summer. I had a...

Hi, my name is Mattie, I live in the North Ga Mountains. Married with 2 grown daughters and 3 g/sons and 1 g/daughter. I am 54 yrs. old. Also, I...

The real start of my Ms was October 24 2011, 6 day's before my only 29 bday, my golden bday, I woke up that Monday morning with a blurry eye...

I was diagnosed after my second child at the age of 33. I believe I am very lucky as some people wait for years to get the "official" diagnosis -...

Multiple Sclerosis was not an uncommon word in my household. My grandmother was diagnosed in 1970 when my mother was 17 and her sister was 2. In the 70's there...

In 1986 I had a bad UTI. Primary Care Doc sent me to urologist. Tests showed a bladder that looked like chicken pox inside. I was on antibiotics for 12...

I was having double vision and the eye doctor saw my left eye bouncing up and down slowly. That was when the doctor made a referral to get a MRI...

I went from a full time working nurse and an active life to being disabled to the point of being unable to work or drive. I am living in a...

In June of 2000 my older sister was diagnosed with MS. She was having trouble seeing though her left eye. That same year I had lasik surgery on my eyes...

Hi, My name is Marilyn, I am 53 years old and I grew up in Brooklyn, NY during much simpler times. Both my parents were WWII vets, they worked hard...

Should I begin before or after being diagnosed? That's a good question. My diagnosis was almost exactly two years ago at the age of 38, but I have finally come...