I was diagnosed in April 2010 but it was the pre-meet with the neurologist in the February that blew me out of the water. I did not see this coming... Anyway, wind on 10 years later, here I am, and thankfully, I'm not the person I feared I would become due to having RRMS. I put this down to a fortunate early diagnosis, taking a DMT, healthy diet, a little exercise most days with a giant dollop of positive mental attitude. Sidenote- i still struggle to sleep!! Stay asleep. Not wake up multiple times in the night...

I don't remember what year it was but I remember that week in the hospital and the symptoms that led me there.

I’m 2015 after a CAT scan I was told that I may have a brain tumour and an MRI was to be done for clarity. After a few days of thinking the worst I had the MRI and got a letter stating no tumour but white cell lesions were seen. Now being non medical I had no clue what this meant but my wife is an NHS nurse and she suspected. Neurologist a few days later confirmed that it was MS. To me, although earth shattering and worrying as to how it would effect my family, I found it a relief because (pardon the pun) it wasn’t all in my head.

I was diagnosed with RR MS in 1998 the year I got married (how romantic!). I had numbness and foot drop in the two years running up to diagnosis and went privately to find out what the problem was as I was concerned & I knew it was probably something serious. Happily I have stayed with RR MS but have had to retire this year at the age of 54 from full time NHS medical secretary work as not able to work with all the cognitive issues that go on when I have a relapse now. I am very blessed with super supportive husband, two lovely kids and great family. I pace myself a lot better these days but I do try to give back when I can. I volunteer at a cafe, I visit a housebound lady for Age Concern and I talk to a blind man with the Sense charity and help at my local Cancer research charity shop each week. I have been on Tecfidera tablets DMT since May this year and before that was on Rebif injections starting in 2006.

I remember going to see my neurologist with my mum to get the results of my MRI scan thinking that it’ll probably be fine!!
I left his office in floods of tears with my mum who was crying too. 
I was supposed to go to work later but phoned and told them that I wouldn’t be in because I’d just been diagnosed with MS and was asked when I would next be in!! Full of sympathy and care they were.........NOT 
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Diagnosed with RRMS in 1995, it was not big deal. I had to lookup Multiple Sclerosis in the encyclopedia Britannica. Looking back it started in 1972 it all started in 1972, SPMS in 2000 then medical retirement in 2012

Diagnosed in late 2012, after just turning 19 years old. I knew there was something wrong since like 2008, but GP kept telling everything was fine.. until I finally got an MRI. 
I think the diagnosis hit my parents more at the particular time. I thought I was gonna be okay.. but then all hell broke loose. 😅
Fast forward a couple years, though, and hell has closed up again and I’m quite alright. 😅

At the beginning of March 1999, my left leg was falling sleep, and would stay asleep. I went to the hospital and the doctor on call, gave me 3 names of neurologist. One of the doctors’ name was Dr. Myles.  I went to see Dr. Myles, at the University Hospital, in Edmonton, AB. I drove myself to the hospital, because my parents were working, and my brother was in school. It was a pain trying to get out of my car. My left leg felt so weak, like spaghetti. When I walked, I had to grab the walls, because I felt that I was going to fall. I didn’t have a walking cane, or a wheel chair or anything to help me walk. Dr. Myles did so many tests, and a biopsy. She talked to her colleagues and they came to the conclusion that I had Multiple Sclerosis. When Dr. Myles told me the “bad” news, I was puzzled, because I never heard of Multiple Sclerosis.

Dr. Myles prescribed Rebif. When I was on this treatment, I did not have any side effects. I self-injected myself 3 times a week. I loved this form of treatment however my liver didn’t because it affected my enzymes.

May 20, 2016, by the head of the Neurology Department at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota at 11:10 a.m.  Pretty easy to remember when your heart stops, your jaw hits the floor and your internal voice starts screaming. Had to research what PPMS meant and what I should expect. This past May, post quarantine but still at home, I thought, just for a fleeting moment, that it seems like I've been dealing with MS for the last 15 years. But on the plus side, I get really good parking spaces.

I feel shift.ms has been there for me since my MS journey began six years ago. I can now afford only a little each month but know that every little helps, especially during this Covid pandemic where charities are struggling for funding. Thank you Shift.ms

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Do you remember when you were first diagnosed with MS?