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If your MS is like mine, surviving a day is much like surfing. The ocean is an energy field and the waves come in, some higher and most with deep troughs. When I'm in between energy waves, down in the trough, I just dog-paddle along the best I can. When the wave crests, I feel like I'm surfing on a ...

Have you changed your outlook on life or your priorities in some way since being diagnosed with MS? We call this 'MS energy': it's the desire to do something - anything - positive following your diagnosis. It can happen right away or months or years after. We've launched a project to capture and s...

From myself and the rest of the Shift.ms team, we wanted to thank all of the men who continue to contribute to our MSer community. Statistically, there aren't as many of us, so thank you for speaking up and leading the way for others like me. Below is a list of posts and blogs by some of our male me...

Hi guys! Haven't been around here lately, as I was hard at work on the blog (linked in my profile). Hope everyone's OK and keeping up with their lives. Stories are a wonderful way to teach people anything. I believe them to be the best tool of raising awareness for Multiple Sclerosis and teaching ...

Hi there my name is Anna.I'm 35.i have two boys,Gabriel and Santiago.i was diagnosed in 2014 on the 8th with ms.everything is still new to me

I can go from being fully functional to needing to lie down real quick. I’m dealing with planning life around that without getting frustrated. What has worked for you?

Hello. Recently I've been feeling as though I have no energy at all & can't be bothered to do even simple tasks. I realise that this can be a MS symptom but a friend suggested I may be malnourished so may possibly benefit from having protein shakes or supplements. It does make sense because I do...

I’ve been using my Garmin to track HRV and honestly… it’s been a bit of a game changer for me. I used to feel like my energy was random. Some days I’d push and feel fine, other days I’d do the same and get wiped out the next day. Thought it was just MS being chaotic. But looking at my HRV over time,...