MS Connection

Good evening everyone, I have been a member for a few years now. I started in my 20's and now here I am, in my early 30's. My body is worse, my symptoms are worse, and I am feeling completely…

Hello,  My name is Ky, I am 25 years old, I’ve met someone special and we are living together, as he has never met someone with MS, I have SPMS, my time in RRMS was brief and only endured 3…

During this Friday’s — July 10 at 1pm ET — Ask an MS Expert program we will discuss how you can recognize and manage invisible symptoms such as pain and fatigue in MS. [url=https://www…

Hi everyone. I have another problem with my husband.  Back in May, I got upset with him and decided it was time for separate rooms. He didn't like our mattress ( he'd slide off of it),  he…

It took ten years to find and begin treatment for my Multiple Sclerosis.  What I learned during my wife's five year battle with breast cancer and recovery gained me the experience I would…

I completed my first Ocrevus infusion on June 11 and began experiencing numbess and tingling on June 25 in my left hand, left foot, left side of my head and MS hug on my left. Has anyone ever…

I'm on my second week with the medication and it really stings just wondering if that is normal? Would applying heat or cold to the area I'm going to inject? If so which one? Also we have…

I'm on my second week with the medication and it really stings just wondering if that is normal? Would applying heat or cold to the area I'm going to inject? If so which one? Also we have…

During this Friday’s — June 26 at 1pm ET — Ask an MS Expert program we will talk with Dr. Miller who will share learnings about the COViMS registry, guidance on MS disease modifying therapies,…

During this Friday’s — June 19 at 1pm ET — Ask an MS Expert program we will focus on disparities in MS healthcare to get a better understanding of how the overall healthcare experience and…

I am looking for feedback to my MS experiences the last few weeks.  I am 71, secondary progressive now.  I have been able to walk and even do some dancing in my living room.  Until about two…

During this Friday’s — June 12 at 1pm ET — Ask an MS Expert program we’ll have a discussion with Dr. Allen Bowling on integrative medicine to optimize health in MS. [url=https://www…

I had an mri monday. This is what the paper says... There is a subtle FLAIR sub 5 mm hyperintensity in the posterior left frontal centrum semiovale white matter.  Stable non specific…

I want to entirely delete my account -- entirely.  If no one can benefit from what I had to say, I want to erase any identifying information about me from the world wide web.  This is in…

I want to entirely delete my account -- entirely.  If no one can benefit from what I had to say, I want to erase any identifying information about me from the world wide web.  This is in…

Dear Community, It is with bittersweet emotions that we announce the closing of the MSConnection.org website as of September 30, 2020, because the platform the website is built on will no…

Hi all, I was diagnosed with MS on June 1, 2020. Fortunately, I don't have any physical symptoms. My diagnosis came from MRI images which show another lesion within 6 months. My doctor wants…

Hi All  Has anyone been to Mayo in MN for MS and could they share their experience? I am newly diagnosed and would like to go to Mayo for a second opinion on medication and treatment. I live…

I'm newly diagnosed with MS. I found out last month on the 31st. I luv raising rabbits and guinea pigs I've been doing this for 4 yrs now. I want to be a farmer and am afraid I will have to…

Hi -   I'm starting to think that I may have MS.  Curious if my symptoms sound like MS.   10 years ago at age 36 I rather suddenly had problems starting to pee and the flow was slow.  I…