Hi! Gosh, this is weird. Never thought I'd be on a forum like this. I'm Eli, going to be 18 in a couple weeks, and I was fairly recently diagnosed with MS (late March).
I've been perusing the forum for a while but my favourite group of threads has got to be the teens & young adults with MS ones. It makes me feel a part of something and definitely not alone in all of this. I don't know anyone in my everyday life who is living with this, so it gets hard sometimes. I almost NEEDED something like this forum so I can let off steam and talk about my own experiences, too.
My diagnosis was a quick one. I guess I'm lucky. From what I read in some threads, things are not as easy for some of you. I was diagnosed quickly, swiftly started treatment (weekly Avonex for me!), and I've got a great support group in my parents, my boyfriend (who hasn't run away in all of this!! ) and some good friends. There's been ups and downs, but they've been there for me in what they could do.
Still, its always felt like they didn't quite understand. Which is why I find myself here, I guess.
I start university in September and I'm literally terrified. I've struggled in my last year of high school work-wise, when I've never had a problem before. (That should've been my first warning sign before my optic neuritis!) But university is a fend-for-yourself kind of world and I'm not sure how I'll be able to cope with it. I'm not sure if there's anyone else who's just recently started or is starting university and has some advice, warnings, or just even if you feel the same way... ?
I've been perusing the forum for a while but my favourite group of threads has got to be the teens & young adults with MS ones. It makes me feel a part of something and definitely not alone in all of this. I don't know anyone in my everyday life who is living with this, so it gets hard sometimes. I almost NEEDED something like this forum so I can let off steam and talk about my own experiences, too.
My diagnosis was a quick one. I guess I'm lucky. From what I read in some threads, things are not as easy for some of you. I was diagnosed quickly, swiftly started treatment (weekly Avonex for me!), and I've got a great support group in my parents, my boyfriend (who hasn't run away in all of this!! ) and some good friends. There's been ups and downs, but they've been there for me in what they could do.
Still, its always felt like they didn't quite understand. Which is why I find myself here, I guess.
I start university in September and I'm literally terrified. I've struggled in my last year of high school work-wise, when I've never had a problem before. (That should've been my first warning sign before my optic neuritis!) But university is a fend-for-yourself kind of world and I'm not sure how I'll be able to cope with it. I'm not sure if there's anyone else who's just recently started or is starting university and has some advice, warnings, or just even if you feel the same way... ?
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