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@Carol_Sharkey 

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Carol_Sharkey

Free

I have posted on here before about my son diagnosed with RRMS in 2014. He had lots of relapsing but no remitting. A couple of years ago it progressed to SPMS. Over the last year he got rapidly worse, couldn’t walk outside, furniture surfed around his house, regularly needed help to feed himself, fel...
Glasgow, United Kingdom
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@Lovebug1911 

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I confess I faked it for the first year I was diagnosed. I pretend to be like everyone else “normal” It was hard n it should have been I was living a lie in a way. I believe it was because I was diagnosed with ms when I was still in high school 17 years old. So honestly I am 40 now and feel free like I was forced to hide everything in my secret box in my mind and now it’s ok to be honest,to make friends with people who are like me that I can listen and also learn which I’m embarrassed to admit this is true that I’ve finally accepted that I have Multiple Sclerosis n that’s ok.

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@sianlilyjune 

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Is anyone else here alcohol free?

Before I got diagnosed, I convinced myself they’d never find out what’s wrong with me - I’d drink to feel ‘normal’ when it was alcohol was actually making my mobility a lot worse. So on July 5th of this year i decided to go completely sober (making it 140 days 🎉)!! but sometimes I struggle knowing...
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@tallritchie 

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tallritchie

FREE bus travel!

All MS patients are entitled to a disabled bus pass that gives them free bus travel Current symptoms and benefits are not considered, you just need to send a letter from your consultant that confirms your diagnosis and 2 passport pics. This do not apply to Scotland and all you need to do is cont...
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@Sonia1984 

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Sonia1984

Freezing cold!!!!

Laying here with an electric heating pad and a hot water bottle. I always figured I could handle the cold growing up with lovely Canadian winters not so much anymore!!! Wondering if the cold intolerance is caused by the weather or these pesky brain lesions! Anyone else deal with a deep bone chill?
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@Graham100 

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Graham100

Freezing feet??

Keep waking up with what feels like cramp in my feet, and they are always freezing cold, even when I'm hot, is it normal ms stuff or should I see gp? don't like to bother them.
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@AngeShiftMS 

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Anyone RRMS and DMD Free?

Is anyone a relapsing remitter and DMD free? I've been having large and itchy site reactions with Copaxone, which last for weeks. I look like a battered woman when going to the swimming pool as I have all of these purple marks on my legs where the reaction hasn't fully gone...High dose antihistami...
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@Luv_Ma_Name 

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Do you think your MS diagnosis came with a free mental health issue?

Just wondering if anybody else has changed mentally also, I suffer badly with anxiety now and cannot bare loud noises, traffic, shouting even laughing! I love staying indoors now and living like a queen. Total opposite from what I used to be x
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@Newtotheteam 

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Still trying to navigate things. Having a bad day. Worst in awhile and I feel like I haven’t been symptom free for weeks. Thinking about the emergency room. Any thoughts?

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@gates1989 

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gates1989

I'm going dairy free to see if it helps!

Any tips or tricks? Is it just cow dairy I need to cut out?!
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