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I am arranging a Midland get together Sunday 30th August 11.00 start but relaxed, it is a big hotel so those that want to distance its good, free WiFi so if you need to bring family there is TV and comfortable seating. I will be posting on Facebook and Twitter too so make a note, all MSers welcome, ...

There’s quite a bit of literature online for this, and I will be talking to me doctor of course. But as I am on Tecfidera, I was hoping one of you on my team would have a word for me in regard to taking the medication while A) trying to conceive B) while breastfeeding. I know you don’t take the me...

Hi friends. It's been a while since I posted so I'll give you a quick run down. I went off all ms meds in sept of last year due to having a 1 in 100 chance of contracting PML. Then in december I had a flair up that had me in bed until march. It was horrific to say the least. So in march I started my...

I’ve had bladder issues for the past 5 years and had just started to get things under control with Intermittent catheterisation, medication for overactive bladder and accupuncture. Over the last couple of months things seem to be getting worse again. The anxiety I feel over this is so overwhelming a...

I apologize in advance for the long post. I know MS is different from Person to person, My ms consists of numbness in my right hand and neurological pain in my abdomen and fatigue and I experience these symptoms on the daily. When I 1st knew something was wrong was my 1st clinical event that happe...

I’m struggling with the thoughts of when I want to start trying for a baby next year. I’m in college and graduate in September and I always said I wanted to start trying once I’m finished college but now that I’m on Gilenya everything has to be planned. Ideally I don’t want to finish college off my ...

Hi Everyone, Monday, June 29, 2020. 3:00pm. Dr. Mark Skeen, Chief Clinical Neurologist of Duke Health in Durham, NC looks at me and said, "Yes, today's two MRI's confirm my suspicions. Now, let's focus on medicine over the next weeks, so that we can attack this!" For nearly two years, I have been ...

I don't know if anyone else feels like this, but over the past couple of months I feel lethargic, down and very teary. It's like everything I do, I hit a brick wall and don't want to continue. I've had suicidal ideation, stopped only by the thought of the impact on my family and my partner. I've cri...

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Hey, I have been in lockdown with my family since 17th March and as of recent (the past week or so), I have really struggled with my mental health. I suffer from depression which is believed to be due to MS, so I take 50mg Sertraline a day. As I have been extremely down the past few days my partne...