Hi everyone, I am new to this site. I was looking at getting Sativex from my GP and hospital to treat spasms and stiffness in MS. Both refused. So I was searching online to see what to do next and came across Shift.ms. I am not usually a joiner at all but so much of what I read here made me realise that there are others who have the same attitude to me at being diagnosed with MS. I was diagnosed in October 2019 but I think it started about a decade prior to actual diagnosis. My initial symptom was investigated (bowel urgency and incontinence) but was put down to child birth trauma. It was only when I started getting balance and muscle issues that I was referred to a neurologist, scanned, tested (lumbar puncture was particularly nasty) and diagnosed. Some of the comments that struck me as familiar to my experience as I browsed this site included "I thought I was invincible" - I did, "Living with MS is shit" - it is, "is MS part of me or separate to me" - still to be decided which it is for me and "there are positives to having MS" - really? I am still thinking about that one. So I am pleased to have found a site where people are honest and upfront about life with MS. What a horrible condition but I am glad there are people around who understand.