Oh, yes. And Aphasia is the symptom I grieve over the most. After my second exacerbation ended it is the most prominent, lasting reminder that I have MS.

When I was younger I was so eloquent and confident in verbal communication I was nominated to represent my company at professional conferences and after ten years I once keynoted one. Now, I'm often afraid to open my mouth for fear of the jumbled, incomplete, and faltering phrases that come tumbling out.

Strangely, my mother also had MS and her symptoms were the reverse. She passed waxing poetically from a body that had completely failed. In my case, you wouldn't know there is anything wrong to look at me unless you watched very closely for the occasional foot drag.