I am honored to be the new Multiple Sclerosis Power Writer here on Fight Like A Girl Club. I have a passion for raising MS Awareness and for being a face of MS with a positive outlook on this disease. I grew up familiar with the disease but never imagined that I would be living it one day. My dad was diagnosed with MS about 18 years ago.  In November, 2008, my personal MS journey began. I started having what I called "dizzy spells" but I wasn't really dizzy. It's just the best word to describe what I was feeling. The best way to explain it is the feeling you get when you're crossing your eyes and how it feels in your brain. I don't know if that feeling is the same for everybody but that's what it felt like to me. At first, it was happening 2-3 times an hour and then became more frequent. Eventually, it was happening every 7-8 minutes, all day. I could time it like clockwork. If I was writing or talking when one happened, I would slur my speech or not be able to write … [Read more...]