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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

Fruit yields the highest angstroms, followed by vegetables, with animal protein at the lowest. You can look this up and I'm not trying to sway anyone's decision about anything. I'm Jamaican and I grew up eating meat with every meal. My resolve made it easy to stop and gluten-free food doesn't taste...

Hi, I’m currently going into my 7th week without my Tysabri infusion (usually 4 weekly soon to be 6 weekly but missed last infusion as had UTI and was on antibiotics so MS team advised I wasn’t allowed it). Does anyone feel that Tysabri increases their energy levels or reduces fatigue? I’m definite...

Does anybody else get a flare like reaction after drinking an energy drink? Kind of like your legs are stiff and very heavy?