Shift.ms

19 Mar 2024 09:39Last reply 17 Sep 2025 18:31

Ppms

I've been diagnosed with primary progressive MS I'm 45 was very active. I know it's a question everyone will ask. I have a young family and need to try and support them by continuing to work. Is it likely I'll work until I retire. Am I likely to walk without crutches?I can't walk very far anymore. R...

Birmingham, United Kingdom

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@Clare_Dix

20 Jan 2024 19:16Last reply 27 Aug 2025 13:34

MS is........

We all seem to be struggling a bit at the moment. Can you all give me one positive thing It could be anything just one glimmer of light? Mine is the local bakery had two bakewell croissants left this morning one for me and my daughter! Small victories every day.

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@Sim1211

3 Aug 2020 08:08Last reply 27 Aug 2025 11:52

How To Cope?

I have had MS for years -diagnosed 1999. My husband has Parkinsons Disease. It’s so hard to cope - I try to be positive - he is always negative! Any advice?

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@Sonic

16 Jul 2022 09:17Last reply 21 Aug 2025 04:12

Newbie 😺

Hi Just joined and I can see from looking, that this is the place I need to be.... I was diagnosed around 4 yrs ago with the dreaded FND and an MRI scan showed MS lesions, the neurologist glossed over those told me to carry on living! OK, so I did, I fought every day, I have 2 children so no choic...

Swindon, UK

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@Ematt0426

9 Dec 2022 12:18Last reply 16 Aug 2025 19:32

Any teachers?

Hello all, Just wondering if there are any teachers in the house? Would love to connect! I’m a full time elementary school teacher and I’m just trying to make it through the school year. 😅🫠🧡

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@cubbi1580

12 Nov 2020 17:00Last reply 14 Aug 2025 13:14

Well, it’s official

I’ve been having a lot of bladder problems this year and I’ve opted to have a urostomy surgery done. Going in December 18. Not good to lie, it has me anxious, but I know it’s going to help me in the long run. Have been researching the surgery, seen the operation and looked into diet changes. Some of...

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@Starmiss

4 May 2024 11:25Last reply 14 Aug 2025 07:40

Sexy time

I’m a lil upset as I just wrote a funny, meaningful post but there was an error :( I personally think it was the language I used. Anywho take 2 So I’m 37 female whose V has died. My OT says it’s my battery level and fatigue that’s causing me to feel this way. I want my sexy time back, life is grey...

Leicester, UK

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@Cori92

14 Apr 2024 20:46Last reply 11 Aug 2025 18:52

Depression

I am going trough a very rough time with depression right now. I am desperate, I don’t know what to do anymore. I do not have energy at all, I am tired all the time and get dizzy spells left and right everyday. I am in antidepressants, however I do not feel any difference. What can I do? My doctor i...

Laredo, United States

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@Joycesimmons74

20 Mar 2022 09:45 EditedLast reply 7 Jul 2025 16:35

New on this platform and hoping to meet a buddy that shares the pain

I live alone in Cleveland Ohio with my dog, Never married and no kids, I was diagnosed in 2018 and it’s been really sad being alone with no one to comfort me or share my pain with, I often wonder if it’s best I’m alone so no one experiences how fatigued I get or how much pain I’m in when the pain co...

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@ettelrahs

5 Jul 2024 14:19Last reply 3 Jul 2025 20:18

Trigeminal neuralgia nerve block clinics stopped?!

I've had trigeminal neuralgia since 2015 when I was diagnosed. It's become a bit more prominent and a problem in my life since my MS diagnosis. I was previously on tegretol (carbamazapine) for a period of time, unfortunately that stopped working even when increasing. I was then given the option of...

Liverpool, United Kingdom

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