Does support look different for a male vs female living with M.S? My husband has recently been diagnosed (he is in his 40's) and I am struggling knowing how to support him.
Hi all, I am new to this group but not new too MS R&R which I've had since 2003, it's been a tough 2 years with separation and symptoms slowly getting worse and not being able to really speak to anyone who understands as live on my own, it's the first time in 4 years I saw my neurologist today who w...
Hello all, like yourselves I have been hit with a crippling disease that has cost me everything, my career, my home and my life really
How have you managed financially to make ends meet, I am 46 this Friday and now unemployed, I can no longer do the work I was trained to do, I have many qualificatio...
Newly diagnosed on Sept 29th,2023.
Neurologist said “Oh you have MS, we’ll refer you” and sent me on my way. He also mentioned it can take up to a year to be seen.
I feel lost, I don’t want to share my diagnosis because I don’t know myself what the next steps are. I feel sad at the possibilities a...
Hello! I have a nine year old daughter who I think would benefit from some kind of childrens’ support group, where she could chat to other kids of MSers. Is there anything like this around? I’ve had MS for many years but am newly diagnosed after a raft of misdiagnoses, so I’m only just getting to gr...
A friend's clearly struggling with symptoms which range from tingling, numbness, heat patches to pain, cognitive impairment and fatigue, spasticity to trigeminal Neuralgia bladder and bowel issues recently too.
Athough she has had an MRI, which a muscosceletal doctor has said looks normal, she is s...
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Yes, I too take my vitamins, Calcium, D3, Boron, Zinc, Vitamin C, B Complex. I will be meeting with this Doctor on the 27th, we will see what she says, I am not going to allow anyone to use me as a demonstration. I need to be capable of working in the next week.
My family is of no support at all, I feel like everyone is against me, I really thought getting this diagnosis would be my validation after years of being called a hypochondriac. They just ignore me and talk behind my back instead of ask me how I'm doing and get educated on this disease.
So after nearly 7 years with this crappie I've finally realised there really is no support out there. I mean sure I've had Lemtrada but apart from that it feels like I've had no support from doctors, nurses etc.
Got denied pip after waiting over a year for it to go to tribunal because the woman who ...