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@Valdez0147 

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Valdez0147

Title : I'm new to Ms

Hi everyone 👋 I’m new here and just wanted to say hello. I was recently diagnosed with MS, and I’m still learning a lot about what this journey means for me. I’m really glad to have found this community—it feels comforting to know I’m not alone. I’m hoping to learn from your experiences, share mine, and find support along the way. If anyone has advice for someone just starting out, I’d truly appreciate it. Thank you all for being here 💙
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@jackieo66
@jackieo66
 

Hi welcome to the group I was diagnosed in 2002 at the age of 35 and thought I could do anything physically mentally but that soon faded one of the first things I did is I read everything thing I could about this disease how each stage affected the body whether it’s rrms ppms etc and at that time my children we 11, 9, and 7 their questions were are you going to die I reassured them I was not I’ve been on several different disease modifying drugs through the years the thing that I suffer most is migraines and they can be brutal at times I’m 58 years old and I’m still walking without assistance I can drive mostly do what I did before except work I hope my little ramble helps there are a lot of sweet and encouraging people here we are all in this together ♥️

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@MSLissa
@MSLissa
 

Hello 👋🏻 and welcome!