I'm new here and I am a very glad that I found this website full of people that I can talk to. I'm a 23 year old male and I was diagnosed with MS about six months ago in June. My diagnoses came as a pretty big surprise to me given my age, gender and race.
Prior to being diagnosed I had been very active and even played college football. Being a pretty big goofball I took the news pretty well and for the first couple months I really have not had an emotional response to my diagnoses. I went for a second opinion about a month ago from an MS specialist and he confirmed that I indeed did have MS.
For the first time I find myself being emotionally affected by this. I don't feel that I can talk to the people in my life because my mother tends to be too emotional when we speak about the future and progression of the disease and my fiance seems not to care at all.
When I spoke to the specialist he said I have a "very agressive" form of Relapsing MS and the treatments have been less than desirable for me. At the end of the day I think the diagnoses of the disease has finally "hit" me. I am greatful that there is a forum that exists that I can get some support and advice from people that are in the same situation as me. I look forward to speaking with all of you out there and I hope I can be there for all of you as I am sure you will be there for me
** Moderator's note - Post broken into paragraphs for easier reading. Many people with MS have visual difficulties that prevent them from reading large blocks of print. **
Prior to being diagnosed I had been very active and even played college football. Being a pretty big goofball I took the news pretty well and for the first couple months I really have not had an emotional response to my diagnoses. I went for a second opinion about a month ago from an MS specialist and he confirmed that I indeed did have MS.
For the first time I find myself being emotionally affected by this. I don't feel that I can talk to the people in my life because my mother tends to be too emotional when we speak about the future and progression of the disease and my fiance seems not to care at all.
When I spoke to the specialist he said I have a "very agressive" form of Relapsing MS and the treatments have been less than desirable for me. At the end of the day I think the diagnoses of the disease has finally "hit" me. I am greatful that there is a forum that exists that I can get some support and advice from people that are in the same situation as me. I look forward to speaking with all of you out there and I hope I can be there for all of you as I am sure you will be there for me
** Moderator's note - Post broken into paragraphs for easier reading. Many people with MS have visual difficulties that prevent them from reading large blocks of print. **
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