Men With MS More Likely To Pass It On FROM: Ivanhoe Newswire A new study reveals men with multiple sclerosis transmit the disease to their children twice as...
The National MS Society continues to aggressively pursue a 5% federal funding increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in fiscal year 2007 (FY...
The National MS Society regrets the President's decision to veto the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 (H.R. 810) and the failure of Congress to...
MS Advocates Successfully Push for Medicare Independent Living Act MS advocates helped build momentum in the Senate, and legislation that would fix Medicare's...
My mom has Multiple Sclerosis so I'm doing a research project on it. I want to know what the everyday life with MS includes. I want to know whether or not...
Hi Ashley, It is so different for everyone with MS. Some can walk, others can't. Wheelchairs, canes, and walkers come into play. Personally, I walk around...
Hey Ashley and all, I have had MS since 1989 and i also have a 17y/o son that went thru the ups and downs of this stuff..if you want i can ask him if you could...
Hi Ashley - MS does seem to effect everyone differently. I have slight physical problems - I do not have full vision out of the left eye, my left hand goes...
Hi Ashley, Good for you for doing this project! It's always good for all of us with MS when others know more about it. In my case, I have Relapsing-Remitting...
It is about 6 months for me now and my vision has still not recovered. I'm wondering if I should change drugs. I want to know how Betaferon/Betaseron works for...
Hi Nimaoy, Sorry to hear about your visual problems. I have all kinds of them for over 26 years. One of the longest periods of time was several months with...
Hello everyone, I am new to the group. I just found you while doing a search about MS like symptoms. I just wondered if anyone was told they had MS just from...
Hi, I am glory, I am new to the group. Was interested in finding a group and came upon this group today. Was glad to hear that you pray for each other, as I...
Hi : 3 years ago I was in the same situation as Rebecca. I had all types of MS Symptoms, walking problems, lost use of one hand, numbness on complete one side...
Hi Love your name Glory! t sounds like you've been through the run-a-round. I think that happens with a lot of us. Really no definitive test, so they keep you...
I was told the same thing as Glory, go see a psychiatrist. I was told I had some deep problem way back in my brain that I didn't even know was there and only a...
I have had optic neuritis and treated it with steroids. Although in the first few months I had a little vision come back. I am legally blind in my one eye...
Your message and the various replies was a gift just when I needed it. I too have been told for the last 2 years that my symptoms were a conversion disorder...
I don't agree with your neurologist about "to be diagnosed, lesions have to appear over time and space." I have had PPMS for eighteen years, my MRIs have never...
Hello dear, I have been on Betaseron for 6 months now and recently in a blood test my anti-DNA was positive. My neuro doc said that it is side effect of...
I had the same thing 3 years ago, couldn't walk and was told if I stood up straight I would be able to walk, that his MS patients didn't walk like me. Then he...
My name is Carrie. I have had symptoms of MS for two years now. I first started seeing my Neuro in 2004 for bad migranes. The migranes were so bad it would...
Hi I went through a long process also. First a family doctor sent me to an Orthopedic doctor for hip problems. After intense therapy and a lot of working out...
Ak your doctor to prescribe Lyrica. I've tried everything and nothing works like it for the pain and the stinging. I don't understand why your doctor...
Your dx dilemma is familiar to many MSers. We go from tripping and falling - to tingling - to Optic neuritis- to regular Dr. - to specialist - to Neuro - to...
Hi, I think everyone is misdiagnosed at first with M.S. I was just diagnosed June 05 but I know I have had it for at least 5 years maybe longer, my speech is...
Hello dear MS friends, My MS was diagnosed 8 months ago following a flareup of optic neuritis that I have yet to recover from even after I used IV steriods for...