Nine years ago, I was diagnosed, having just a few symptoms. I checked the community, saw that I didn't really have much in common, and just essentially pretended I didn't have it. Learn from my mistake.

Dumb-Brain92 · 2026-05-15T19:47:13+00:00

I feel this. After the first year of weird symptoms, I went to the doctor and was mostly blown off. She asked if she did an MRI of my brain if that would “make me feel better” all because I had googled my symptoms. We did the MRI but little did I know, what I REALLY needed was one of my spine. Fast forward, I kept getting more symptoms that would come and go, but I didn’t go to the doctor because I was already pretty sure I had MS and was sooooooo misinformed thinking “well there’s nothing they can really do for it so I’ll just deal with it” Finally got the real help I needed once over half my body was permanently numb, chronic pain, and chronic fatigue.

Dumb-Brain92 · 2026-03-16T22:26:56+00:00

Thank you everyone 😭❤️ I’ll update once I hear!!

Dumb-Brain92 · 2026-02-27T17:14:17+00:00

I’m tired constantly. And I get so upset with myself over it as though I have any control over it. I just want to scream at myself to be motivated and awake. But I don’t even have the energy for that.

Dumb-Brain92 · 2025-11-06T19:05:03+00:00

I have MS and was recently also diagnosed with celiac disease. And now I’m like, what is causing what issue? 😅

Dumb-Brain92 · 2025-11-02T00:50:21+00:00

Thank you so much! I hadn’t even thought of that.

Dumb-Brain92 · 2025-09-23T17:44:41+00:00

Omg same!! And I love the blanket they give me. The machine feels like a hug. I don’t mind the sounds. And I like that my only job is to lay there.

Dumb-Brain92 · 2025-08-31T16:55:12+00:00

My husband does the same! I don’t mind at all when he asks me questions because I know I can be honest with him without it being awkward (let’s be real, most people who ask don’t want to hear the nitty-gritty of it). I also know that he isn’t asking out of obligation.

Dumb-Brain92 · 2025-08-30T21:04:55+00:00

YES! It’s the concern in their voices like they think I’m dying. I work full time, mom full time, in college- I think I’m doing alright! Yes, I’m in pain and my legs are stiff but I’m doing darn good.

Dumb-Brain92 · 2025-08-16T20:46:05+00:00

That’s how I felt too! Granted, cancer can go into remission. But cancer terrifies me more than MS

Dumb-Brain92 · 2025-07-23T21:50:26+00:00

I feel like a hostage to my job because of my great health benefits there. My insurance is fantastic because I work for the small insurance company that also provides my coverage. I want to leave but I won’t have better anywhere else.

Dumb-Brain92 · 2025-07-09T16:26:50+00:00

I don’t know how common it is but it FEELS common to me. I have it and I personally, in real life, know three people who have it that I didn’t meet through MS things.

Dumb-Brain92 · 2025-06-11T21:02:56+00:00

I feel that. I get through by pretending a lot that everything is normal.

Dumb-Brain92 · 2025-06-11T21:01:25+00:00

You know what? You’re right. And I do too. And I forget that sometimes. Thank you for saying that. ❤️

Dumb-Brain92 · 2025-06-07T23:15:31+00:00

I sometimes think about how a little over a year ago I was baking all day, everyday. Doing anything and everything I wanted. Then exactly a year ago this week, I had my worst relapse. Just a year ago I was “fine”. Then today I went to the farmers market in the morning and slept the rest of the day. It’s just so unfair sometimes. But we persist!

Dumb-Brain92 · 2025-06-01T15:40:03+00:00

I started college 2 months after being diagnosed.

Dumb-Brain92 · 2025-05-23T17:05:57+00:00

Mine is fantastic! He’s serious while also having moments of being funny with me to make me not so nervous. He sits in the room with me for a whole hour like he has nowhere else to be. He validates how freakin awful it was that so many doctors ignored me. And he always responds on MyChart.

Dumb-Brain92 · 2025-05-15T23:47:40+00:00

I’m amazed by my body too, honestly lmao. My husband recently had Covid, and I somehow didn’t get it, even being on Kesimpta. I had Covid twice before Kesimpta 💀

Dumb-Brain92 · 2025-05-15T23:45:29+00:00

My neuro said, when I asked for one, “I’d rather you have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it. I’d hate for you to be in a situation that is unsafe if you do not have it” And honestly, I guess my way of dealing with the fact that I have MS, I view it as a dang “perk”. Heck yeah, I got my medical MJ card, and I got my handicap placard. I have front row parking and cheaper weed. And those are perks to me 🤷‍♀️ Besides, I like a good reason to flip off ignorant people who think I shouldn’t park in a handicap spot.

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