New here and relatively new to MS

[Michelle883]

Hi all! My name is Michelle, I'm 29 years old and was officially DX'd with RRMS 2-24-12. After reading some posts on here I realize I was diagnosed fairly quickly (9 months). I am married but with no children because honestly I'm too scared to have any. Too many 'what ifs'. So it's just me, my husband and my cat. Because of my many flare ups, I recently had to take a huge demotion at work. But I try to take things one day at a time. The best way that I've found to deal is to think "ok, this is bad but it could always be worse". Staying positive is very hard sometimes but I do my best. I believe one of the hardest things about me having MS is that I don't personally anyone else that has it. My husband and family are a wonderful support system but I hate to worry them so I try to cover up when I'm not feeling the best. So I guess that's my story in a nutshell. Hope everyone has a great day!
-Michelle

[JerryD]

Welcome to the boards, Michelle. Hope to hear from you, regularly. Good luck

[Michelle883]

Thanks Jerry!

[22cyclist]

Michelle: Welcome to MSW! I am glad you posted! You are so early in your journey that you are still in the protect everybody phase. Hopefully soon you will let others in and let them help you. When you feel bad, its OK to say so, and people can help you that way. Having lots of exacerbations is rough. I hope they can get you on a DMD that stabilizes you.

Overall, glad you joined and hope you will look around, post some more, and check out the chat rooms too if interested.

See you around!
Now you know lots of people with MS!

Take care,
Lisa
Moderation Team

[Michelle883]

Thanks Lisa! It's nice to know that I have somewhere to go and talk about what I'm going through and not have the usual " oh you're tired? So is everyone else." It's hard to for people to understand what MS is, let alone try to get them to understand that the fatigue isn't just 'being tired'. I'm also learning a lot from other people's experiences on here. Thanks for making me feel so welcome!
-Michelle