@Hello everyone, it’s taken me some time to find the courage to write this post.Lately, I’ve been concerned about my health, and multiple sclerosis is something I’m worried I might be dealing with. I don’t have all the answers yet, and I’m still trying to understand what this could mean for my future.One thing I’ve realized is that uncertainty can be difficult. Sometimes, you have questions that nobody around you seems to understand, and you find yourself looking for people who have experienced similar challenges.That’s one of the reasons I’ve joined this community.I’d love to hear from people who have been through the process of getting diagnosed, those who remember the uncertainty of waiting for answers, and anyone who has found ways to stay hopeful through difficult times. on Shift.ms

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Hello everyone, it’s taken me some time to find the courage to write this post.Lately, I’ve been concerned about my health, and multiple sclerosis is something I’m worried I might be dealing with. I don’t have all the answers yet, and I’m still trying to understand what this could mean for my future.One thing I’ve realized is that uncertainty can be difficult. Sometimes, you have questions that nobody around you seems to understand, and you find yourself looking for people who have experienced similar challenges.That’s one of the reasons I’ve joined this community.I’d love to hear from people who have been through the process of getting diagnosed, those who remember the uncertainty of waiting for answers, and anyone who has found ways to stay hopeful through difficult times.

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@royt

After diagnosed is when the shit seemed to hit the fan. Pre diagnosed I was still walking as soon as diagnosed I was walking with a walker. Was like world just flipped upside down outta nowhere. Life is a pain now but in the end am still here so life was just to easy for me and turned on hard mode 🤣 sorry ima gamer nerd and like to make my world into game like. It’s hard to get through but still am so fuck em 🤣

10 Oct 2026 16:15

@Ice

I remember my early days like it was yeterday and I was DX in 2003. I was playing tennis weekly when one day I was extremely dizzy. I told my opponent that we need to try again the following week. Same thing the next week. I went to my family physician and he looked at my test results, and said he has to refer me to another physician in the Medcenter. Well he referred me to Dr. Apel who is an ALS specialist. While I'm in the waiting room there were ALS magazines everywhere and I thought my life was over. When Dr. Apel finaly met with me. 1st thing he said was you do not have ALS. What a relief, but that kicked off a week long series of tests. MRI's, Cat Scans and multiple spinal taps. After a week of testing Dr. Apel was still not completely clear. So they settled on the possibility of me having MS and called Dr. Hutton (MS Neurologist). He confirmed my MS and labeled me as having Secondary Progressive MS. That was the beginning of my nightmare of dealing with MS.

10 Oct 2026 17:20