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So basically I know it’s going to be a bad day when I wake up with what I call heavy eyes. Has anyone had this symptom with MS? My eyelids feel weighted and so I have to struggle to keep them open. This will last all day. I do some eye movement exercises like moving my eyeballs in all directions,...

What is MS hug? What is drop foot?

Hi all I am due to start treatment for the first time & have been offered either Brabio or Abonex as first line. Any experiences of either? Side effects etc? I’ve read up a lot & spoken with my ms nurses & im leaning towards Avonex Many thanks x

Hi All. Just wanted to say Hi I'm new to this site and hope to meet like minded people that i can talk about my MS too. Hope to meet some MS warriors on here 👍

Hi, - This is entirely without judgement and for UK MSers. It involves a few min of your time, no money ;) - I am interested to know who has ever been told about the UK MS Register? - https://ukmsregister.org/ (check this out as well if you like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s10osAwugO0&list...

At this point I have to just laugh. I was in hospital last week, was diagnosed with MS. Discharged last Friday, put on steroids while in hospital, symptoms cleared up by Tuesday and I woke up this morning with a very, heavy arm with horrible cramps and pins and needles. Tried to contact enable but n...

Hi folks. I was diagnosed with MS 2018. I've recently retired on health grounds and have just been granted PIP which is a great help. I'm very reluctant to visit anywhere where I dont know where the nearest loo is. Nightmare in the current climate !!! (covid19) Mobility is a problem re walking and b...

Hi my name is Dominique. I went into the hospital last week because I had some type of stiffness, weakness on my left side. I instantly thought it was side effects to my medication, but long behold, after a MRI, they found lesions in my brain and spinal cord. Being diagnosed with RRMS and being a ...

I just joined yesterday and I just wanna say how absolutely amazing this site is. I've been fairly unphased by my recent diagnosis, probably because I've known there's something not quite right with me for a while so when I found out it's something that isn't terminal like cancer or motor neuron dis...

Hello! I think I need advice from someone a bit more experienced than me. Does any of you have both glaucoma and MS? How do you get it diagnosed? After my recent optic neuritis (in march) my optician suggested a week ago that I might have glaucoma, but that she is not certain, as it damages nerves i...