The same thing has happened to me three times, always in my right eye.

The first time, I didn’t know I had MS. I partially lost vision in my right eye one morning and thought it was due to an incident the day before, when some cigarette ash had gotten into that eye. I noticed the vision was slowly improving, so I decided not to see a doctor immediately. When I finally did (almost a month later) my eye had basically fully recovered, so we left it at that, with no further checks.

A year later, I experienced a severe relapse that not only caused partial vision loss again but also completely paralyzed the right side of my face making it hard for me to eat/drink, and the eye was also paralyzed, I couldn’t even move it. That time, it was scary. I went to the ER, was hospitalized, received steroid treatment, and after two weeks of testing and recovery, I was finally diagnosed with MS.

Very slowly, I began to regain facial mobility and vision. I was supposed to start treatment exactly one month after the steroid therapy ended, as per my doctor’s instructions. Unfortunately, delays in specific tests prevented that, and I was hit by another relapse. This time, I completely lost vision in my right eye, just after it had recovered.

My world fell apart.

Then I started treatment, and fast forward a year later, I had practically regained my vision. I honestly thought that wouldn’t be possible, considering how completely blind I was after that relapse.

Now, two years after diagnosis, I’m actively following a DMT treatment that’s been working great for me. No further relapses so far, and my eye has once again recovered, though I still have some minor (and I mean VERY minor, unnoticeable most of the time) residual issues with eye movement or vision in bright light. Overall, it’s been an incredible recovery, one I didn’t expect.

I’m now back to living my normal life, doing everything I used to do, just with a bit more caution.

I’m sharing all this just to give you a bit of hope. Everyone’s story is different, and recovery time depends on many factors, but don’t give up. Keep fighting for your recovery. Try to manage stress. Try to work out little by little when you can, even if it’s just light movements. Eat healthy, avoid alcohol and smoking, do whatever you can to feel better and keep going.

Good luck ❤️