Today is my nine year anniversary that I received my diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. It was a such a long journey to get to that point, taking more than ten years to figure it out. After so many years of strange happenings, it was good to get a diagnosis and …
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My name is Julie and I am 32 years old. I was diagnosed with relapsing remitting MS in October of 2006. About two months before my diagnosis I began to feel tingles down my neck and spine every time I tilted my head down. I thought I had just tweaked …
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How to start this? I always found that my body never felt quite right. I always felt cold or really hot when temperatures were considered “normal” for others, so I kept going for blood tests. When the blood tests came back sound the doctors wrote me off as “whining.” So …
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At 27 my career was really starting to take off. I was traveling the world while working for an oil company. I had great friends around me with lots of laughs and lots of memories. It was a good life. Then in the middle of 2009, I was diagnosed with …
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My story began in 1997 with many changes occurring in my life at this time. I was a single mom, just graduated from high school the year before, and I was looking as to what my future was to hold. Being a young woman and a single mom already stacked …
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A few years ago I found a lump in my breast, I went in immediately to my doctor who said it was probably nothing, but to have it checked further. After a mammogram and ultrasound, I was told I needed to see a surgeon for a biopsy. The surgeon insisted …
Read More »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 …
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