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Hi 😃. I guess my story is positive, I've been diagnosed 7 years now and I've done so much more in those years than I have done for a long time. I've been relapse free for 5 years, fingerscrossed for many more. I took Cladribine back in 2018-2019 and it has kept me stable for now. I'm relatively normal, if there is such a thing as normal, fatigue can kick my butt at at times. I am a mum, I hold a full time job down, half way through a degree and I'm raising two muchkins. I try and stay positive where I can and when I'm having a bad day, I start again the next. Not everyone's MS journey is the same, I'm currently basking in the warm sunshine in Greece where's most peeps can't function in the ☀️, I thrive in it! It's the winter I can't stand. Best advice I can give is make the most of life, live and do the things you can do whilst you are able and surround yourself with friends and family that will help you thrive, educate them so they understand and can support you when needed. Oooooo and take lots of naps, I listen to music alot and walk which I guess I'm lucky to be able to do. Keep smiling 😃

@RuC1234 The people I have met through MS, fellow sufferers and medical staff. It has been encouraging to find that there others out there that share the same approach to MS as me, have a sense of humour, an acceptance of their situation and the ability to get on with their lives. I volunteered for a clinical trial about 9 years ago. The staff looking after me at the trials unit were a laugh a minute, (well, most of them), but it made the hours I spent there much more enjoyable. I recently started another trial and again the medical staff are lovely, and I've now met up with another MS sufferer who is also attending the same trial. I will miss her when the trial finishes but we will stay in touch. In fact, since the world came out of Covid, I've met up with lots of other MS sufferers. I suppose you reap what you sow.