#work and study - Shift.ms

25 Nov 2020 15:40 Edited

Hello Again

Life swallows you up and you forget you're seriously ill until you have another relapse. I have to laugh otherwise I'll cry. Luckily, it's nowhere near as severe as my last just incredibly uncomfortable and is making work and study difficult. I'm also going to be starting my DMDs soon, I'm going to ...

@LaVosa

6 Jan 2016 11:23Last reply 24 Jan 2016 08:33

Drop out of college due to ms?

Hey there :) I'm a 22-year old student from Germany and I've been diagnosed with MS in 2015. I've had two relapses until now but I recovered rather well. While I'd not been able to read even texts in German, I'm now able to work through English specialist literature again. Nevertheless, I'm tainted...

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@JasFromTas

26 Jul 2014 07:13Last reply 23 Oct 2014 09:41

Wheelchair....?

Ok, big breath… so… I am thinking about getting a wheelchair. I hate the idea – I have no intention of being parked in the corner of a room under a crocheted blanked sipping luke-warm tea and eating egg sandwiches, but I am sick of not having a life. I have now been using crutches for 5 months. My...

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@mrss2008

2 May 2012 17:38Last reply 1 Aug 2012 15:49

Memory ... Now what was I going to say?!

Does anyone else find things difficult to remember? I'm only 30 and I find that I forget what I've said, especially more recently. I put it down to a busy job where there's a lot I have to remember (am a project manager and work on a lot of IT projects, each different) but my husband's getting worri...

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@gpeps

18 Dec 2017 19:42Last reply 28 Oct 2018 11:30

Shift.ms facelift

Hi all We're always trying to make the experience better for our community to help connect with others who understand. Earlier in the year, we surveyed the community to find out how we could improve Shift.ms, and the latest version of the site is the result of that feedback. Users told us that the...

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@Mandela

3 Dec 2012 00:24Last reply 8 Dec 2012 13:33

Dreams/Ambitions/Aspirations/Goals

I was just wondering if MS has hindered anyone from pursuing their dreams, their goals in life, their ambitions, their aspirations, or just made you rethink how you are going to get where you want to go. Or has it made you grab the bull by the horns and pursue your dreams vigorously? I have experien...

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@scarletmartina7

7 Feb 2013 11:53Last reply 11 Feb 2013 11:51

just been diagnosed with Ms

IM 23 and was diagnosed.with Ms just 7 days ago. I have double vision and fatigue. Can t see anything unless I have a patch on one eye. Can't work can't go out with my boyfriend! They say it will go away but when and for how long?? Help xx

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@davemcfaull

11 Jul 2012 10:01Last reply 13 Nov 2012 16:17

Mobile Phone app to help with daily life

My name is David McFaull, I am about to go into final year in software development at University of Ulster Coleraine. As part of our final year we are required to create a piece of software and I want to create a mobile phone app to help people with MS. My mother has had MS for around 8 years now. I...

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@tigerdes

20 Jan 2015 20:51Last reply 27 Oct 2016 12:56

How Lemtrada changed my life...

I feel blessed. A strange opening sentence from an MSer but I've been very fortunate with my diagnosis and treatment. I also love this site as this was most definitely what I needed when I was first diagnosed in 2008. Unfortunately it did not exist then and my diagnosis and the following weeks were ...

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@Fi70

30 Jan 2018 08:19Last reply 11 Feb 2018 12:38

DVLA

Hello everyone I was diagnosed with MS in 2006 and only discovered in Oct 2017 that I should have informed the DVLA of my diagnosis. Anyway I dually contacted them and underwent the medical assessment (if you can call it that), anyway I have now received a letter from the DVLA informing me that t...

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@sburall

24 Sep 2021 10:00Last reply 22 Oct 2021 10:26

MS literature reading group?

I was diagnosed with MS earlier this year. I have a biological sciences degree, now nearly 30 years old. Part of making sense of what's been happening to my body has been to start reading some of the scientific literature. I've found it quite helpful in both understanding what's happening to me and ...

Lewes, UK

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@fendercali

3 May 2016 17:04Last reply 7 May 2016 19:16

PIP screwed me over! Surprised?!

Well I've been informed I got the lower rate of the mobility and so my car will be collected by the 17th. The anger I feel is indescribable! I could see it coming the more I read, the form questions and from the assessment. I'm fighting it all the way though. Sent emails to MPs, MSPs and media to se...

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@ophelia

29 Jul 2012 20:35Last reply 3 Aug 2012 21:22

Feeling very alone...

Haven't posted for a little while but I feel I need to get things off my chest. I've started my Avonex now and due my third dose tomorrow. However I see my consultant on Thursday as I am being switched to tysabri due to having highly active RRMS. I'm suffering yet another relapse, my left side from ...

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@ruggermad

23 Feb 2016 13:38Last reply 27 Apr 2016 20:14

Working - What do you do?

Hi Everyone Just curious, what does everybody do for work? If they are fortunate to be in employment. Peace

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@katfight

9 Feb 2014 20:55Last reply 18 Feb 2014 00:19

lost and confused

Partner ended a 7 yr relationship after diagnosis, work are being a nightmare, had to move back to mums house.. slowly falling apart!!

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@norfolkgal

18 Mar 2013 19:03Last reply 16 Apr 2013 17:29

Hugs please

Not sure this will post well as on my tablet cause can't be bothered to go to PC. I am feeling so fedup with everything at the moment, my husband is working such long hours he is really tired so is a bit short with me.........which can't blame him for as I am even fedup with myself. I keep getting...

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@beccygreeneyes

10 Aug 2012 09:30Last reply 20 Aug 2012 11:29

FATIGUE HELL! PLEASE HELP?

Hey so im a newbie here but was wonderin if u guys have any thoughts. I got my second relapse in May which resulted in my diagnosis. I had optic neuritis. My vision is coming back slowly and is now 20/30 but colour vision is still nowhere to be seen. My fatigue has been awful. Anytime i exert myself...

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@DominicS

12 Dec 2019 07:43Last reply 16 Dec 2019 14:30

Everyone, help please!

Hi, I really need the help of regular everyday people with MS. I am writing an application to do a Doctorate that is looking explicitly into the patient side of MS. It is at the Nuffield School of Primary Health at Oxford and is a scholarship. I have not got it yet and have two more weeks to wri...

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@gpeps

14 Oct 2014 06:42Last reply 24 Nov 2014 00:06

Mission: Silence

Hi all, we're excited to announce a new fundraising campaign for Shift.ms - Mission: Silence. In short it's a 48 hour sponsored silence from 7pm on Thursday 20th November to 7pm on Saturday 22nd November. Please visit www.silence.ms to sign up or to find out more. Why a sponsored silence? 1) The...

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@pottypete

8 Aug 2013 06:31Last reply 8 Aug 2013 12:34

Time for a giggle

I work at 'The Ministry of Silly Walks'. But when I'm there, I have to call it the 'Spinal Injuries Unit'.

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