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@Keisha

Keisha

Good Morning Everyone

New to this group, looking forward to chatting and discussing with each of you..#MSSTRONG🧡💪🏾
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@ajb1969

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ajb1969

Greetings!

Hey! My name is Drew. I live in Louisville, KY, USA I was diagnosed in 2011, but fear I've had MS much longer. I have been wheelchair bound since 2016 and am currently on Ocrevus. Some one needs to create an app! #MSWarrior #MSStrong
Louisville, United States
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@AprilHester

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AprilHester

Hike for MS

We are new to the group ! Let me introduce our selfs April and Bernie Hester , trail name mule and inchworm. I , April (inchworm) has. MS and been diagnosed for 20 years. I have foot drop after a while I have Balance problems and bladder problems that come with MS. Living with this and having 6 boy...
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@KimMarie

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KimMarie

#heat #msstruggles

Does anyone else really struggle with the heat? It makes me so tired!! x
London, United Kingdom
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@HollyC

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HollyC

I am hopeful, I am strong, I am fierce 🧡

Yesterday my colleague said to me: "If I could take that horrible MS from you and have it myself, so you don't have to deal with it, I would" - my heart melted and then I realised just how strong and fierce I was feeling yesterday, when my reply was "I wouldn't want you to, I have this condition bec...
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@Shiftms

Shiftms

🚨 BIG NEWS ALERT 🚨 It's official - we've hit 50k strong! 💚

It's been 14 years since we founded Shift.ms when our CEO, George, couldn’t find anyone with MS he could relate to. 🙌 We've come a long way since then and it's all thanks to YOU, our amazing community! 💪 Cast your mind back to 2009 (Obama was inaugurated and Bitcoin was launched) 🤯 From MS dia...
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@Shelley123

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Shelley123

You are strong, you'll be fine...........

Hi, anyone else get told......you are strong, you will be fine.......you look OK, you need to just get out. Diagnosed June 2022 after 4 weeks in hospital when my left side of body stopped working. Had to learn to walk again. I feel like screaming at people! They are OK. I wonder how they would co...
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@Mwsurviver

Mwsurviver

Tired of being strong

Tired of being strong, fed up of pretending that I'm okay, when really I'm not, I'm not tired, I'm EXHAUSTED!!!!! Don't want to be here anymore full f*cking stop 😫 😭
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@Mwsurviver

Mwsurviver

I don't want to be strong anymore

I don't care anymore, lost the will to live, don't want to be here anymore, not happy, sad, depressed, WHY me, tired of being strong when I'm not, no I don't need help, 😥
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@MSwarrior48

MSwarrior48

You are stronger than you think…

I’ve been blessed with my MS since 2012….only major issue is being hot 24-7……sweating more…it’s frustrating…makes me not want to go anywhere but I try to make the best of it…especially with insomnia and depression….already deal with diabetes and depression…
High Point, United States
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@MSwarrior48

MSwarrior48

You are stronger than you think…

I’ve been blessed with my MS since 2012….only major issue is being hot 24-7……sweating more…it’s frustrating…makes me not want to go anywhere but I try to make the best of it…especially with insomnia and depression….already deal with diabetes and depression…
High Point, United States
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@tleaf

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tleaf

In the UK and being denied stronger DMTs

Ever since I was diagnosed I’ve pushed to get on a strong DMT such as Ocrevus (since there is a lot of research that you should hit MS ‘hard and fast’) but to no avail. My neurologist simply refuses. I emailed my MS nurse the other day to see if I could persuade her but she replied with ‘The questio...
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@HeidiHelps

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HeidiHelps

Strong Brain

The brain cannot only recover from damage; it can reorganize itself and there are exciting new treatments that promote neuroplasticity. For example, the brain can go about its reorganization and recover function thanks to its owner’s cognitive reserve. Cognitive reserve seems to allow people to acco...
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@pauley

pauley

Hi MSrs…..hope summer went well for everyone…stay strong..

Next break October…yaaay
Dublin, Ireland
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@WaleJ

WaleJ

We are strong

Hold I got to say is that we are stronger than we think we are
Conyers, United States
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@fendercali

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fendercali

Aim for a strong immune system?

For years my family and partner have been on at me to improve my diet and take vitamins etc to get a good immune system going, a strong one. Since the medication I'm on aims to reduce my immune system i.e. white blood cell count, why do I want a good immune system? Why do I want to increase my whit...
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@Olskees

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Olskees

Sudden Strong headaches

Hey, I have been experiencing some very sharp headaches (they aren’t migraines or tension headaches which I have had consistently since 9 yo) they also often come with tingling numbing of the skin around my face and back. I have not experience such symptoms. Tingling and numbness that I have had so ...
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@kadikilania

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kadikilania

You are strong .

A quick reminder to all MSers out there . I want to tell you your amazing your powerful your great. We appreciate all the hard work your doing and we feel you in all the struggles and challenges in life. I want to say your not alone I feel you and were all warriors against our own bodies. Be positi...
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@namansareen88

namansareen88

Stay strong!

I don't know who I'm saying this to, but I guess it applies to all. Don't give up, this too shall pass!
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@wellbelle

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wellbelle

strongest disabled man with MS

This is great and something to be really celebrated : A British man who came second in a competition to find the world's strongest disabled man says it feels "great" if a little "sore". Dave Walsh, 34, from Chippenham, Wiltshire, used to take part in able-bodied strongman competitions until he was d...
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