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@Nora107 

Nora107

My Journey With Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis: I Am Still Fighting ❤️🦋

Living with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) has taught me that strength doesn’t always mean being okay. Sometimes, strength means getting out of bed when your body feels heavy, smiling when your heart feels tired, and choosing to keep going even when the future feels uncertain. There are days whe...
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Add Multiple Sclerosis to the NHS medical exemption list for free prescriptions

I want to start a petition – will you sign it? Add Multiple Sclerosis to the NHS medical exemption list for free prescriptions Add Multiple Sclerosis to the NHS medical exemption list for free prescriptions in England. The list has not changed since 1968. MS requires lifelong, expensive medicatio...
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@ran 

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Dealing with lung problems related to multiple sclerosis

Please 🙏 for me
Jurupa Valley, United States
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@Randyadams 

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Randyadams

Good morning you all. How is everyone doing today and how is everyone's day going. I hope you all have a great day. Im over my pneumonia and my bronchitis. Now just dealing with my C.O.P.D. my new medicine for my multiple sclerosis is going well. I have to deal with high winds in our area. . You all have a great day. God bless you all.

Jurupa Valley, United States
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@saali 

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saali

Multiple sclerosis feel very depressed lately

Hi everyone, Today I am not sleeping I feel very depressed and moody swing feel very sad, as if the whole world against me, As if no one cares about me, as if nothing can cheers me up, I had only yesterday I had so much courage and confidence but today all day i feel so bad very very annoyed and ...
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@Randyadams 

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Randyadams

Ive made a friends in here. Appreciate you all. Sometimes I feel like people dont understand me and my multiple sclerosis and Parkinson disease and now my dementia feel like im losing myself.

Jurupa Valley, United States
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@Randyadams 

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Randyadams

My knee hurts some tonight. Need a friend to talk too. My multiple sclerosis, in parkinson's and dementia. Is all acting up tonight? I wish I could say different, but it is what it is. I'm tough skinned how thick skin survivor of heart failure four times. I'm tough and i'm a soldier from the army, or at least I was in two thousand and one. I'll begin a new power wheelchair within the next 6 to 8 months. Hopefully, the one I have is starting to break down. Will you all say a prayer for me. I'd appreciate it. Nobody likes talk to me because I got so much going on..

Jurupa Valley, United States
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@Randyadams 

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Randyadams

At heart Dr. Not doing good on may 16th my heart rate went to 153 not good. Plus I was diagnosed with dementia. My heart rate has been going up more frequently. Their probably going to do another ablation on my heart. Plus I was put on another infusion for my multiple sclerosis

Riverside, United States
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@Russellcrowe 

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Russellcrowe

Hello everyone, it’s taken me some time to find the courage to write this post.Lately, I’ve been concerned about my health, and multiple sclerosis is something I’m worried I might be dealing with. I don’t have all the answers yet, and I’m still trying to understand what this could mean for my future.One thing I’ve realized is that uncertainty can be difficult. Sometimes, you have questions that nobody around you seems to understand, and you find yourself looking for people who have experienced similar challenges.That’s one of the reasons I’ve joined this community.I’d love to hear from people who have been through the process of getting diagnosed, those who remember the uncertainty of waiting for answers, and anyone who has found ways to stay hopeful through difficult times.

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@Ritz 

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Ritz

May 2021: First episode of optic neuritis, diagnosed as Clinically Isolated Syndrome (CIS).May 2026: Second episode of optic neuritis, leading to a diagnosis of Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS).April 2026: Changed jobs, experiencing increased stress and long working hours.August 2026: Started Ocrelizumab (Ocrevus) DMT via injection.Current symptoms: Increased neuropathic pain and stiffness, along with a feeling of slight heaviness in my right arm.My concerns: Could these symptoms be related to MS activity, stress, or the effects of Ocrelizumab? How long does Ocrelizumab take to become effective, and should I be concerned about the worsening neuropathic pain and right-arm heaviness?

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