Multiple Sclerosis MS Stories

My one-year diagnosis anniversary is quickly approaching. I can’t believe it has almost been a year since I first heard those letters associated with my name…MS. Although my multiple sclerosis journey officially started less than a year ago, I began this journey unofficially about five years ago. I went five …

At seven years old I absolutely knew what I wanted to do with my life: become a performer and maybe head for Broadway! A basement renovation in our home provided enough open space for my first stage, and I loved performing for my family. I’d sing at the top of …

I received my official multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis April 2012. The diagnosis provided answers to a multitude of unexplained symptoms that haunted my past, so for that I am glad. However, I currently find myself VERY ANGRY at the disease. I am fighting the fatigue, depression and medication side effects. I fear and sense of loss …

Hi, I am sharing my life with multiple sclerosis. Back in 2004, I was pregnant. The pregnancy was going good until November 8 2004. I went into preterm labor at 7 1/2 months. They couldn’t stop labor, and my son Kyle was born. He was a beautiful baby boy born …

I am 22 years old and was diagnosed with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis in 2009. My symptoms thus far have been minimal (knock on wood). Things like numbness in my limbs, double vision, and muscle spasms/tremors, I managed to overcome. I try to let the physical ailments subsided on their own, …

I am a 44-year-old woman who is fighting multiple sclerosis and lupus, which have caused multiple other problems. I try to stay positive for those I love, but find it hard on some days. I have 8 grandbabies that I would like to see more often, but my pain stands in the way. …

In June of 2009 I was going through an extremely stressful divorce. My ex was being a jerk about my kids and life was just extremely awful. I had been considered disabled since 2006 for bipolar and depression so I was dealing with that as well. Anyway, one night I …

So, about a year ago, my mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis AFTER BEING MISDIAGNOSED 15 YEARS AGO. I wasn’t really too sure of what the disease was until I read more into it. This past year has been the hardest on me. I live right down the road from …

I was an average 34-year-old in a relationship, engaged, trying to have children, developed a seizure problem which we got under control – or did we? – was given medication after medication. I still had problems and two neurologists later I discovered that I have multiple sclerosis. I was devastated …

Power story……. Just those words make me wanna run and hide. I imagine a power story to be about a major struggle, and an ultimate victory. I don’t feel like I have had either. However, as I sit here reading other power stories, I realize that every struggle and every …