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So I want to add another blog about MS because let’s face it - it’s not a topic which we can just fleetingly glance over. It’s serious and it’s here to stay. I have MS and here’s my story.

I was a fresh graduate with a new job, a boyfriend who had just dumped me and alot of stress. For the entire first year of my working life my arm felt numb. I’m not kidding, I spent an entire year with a numb tingling sensation in my arm. What else was I supposed to think…the doctor I had gone to see said I must be stressed due to to everything that was going on in my life and gave me a cortizone shot! If it hadn’t been for the absolutely incredible coincidence that a friend started complaining of numbness and tingling. He obviously went to a better doctor and after a MRI, was diagnosed with MS. As soon as I heard that I immediately went to see another doctor who decided that I had some kind of neurological problem and referred me to a neurologist. I am very grateful to that doctor but the bumpiness of this road was just the beginning. I spent several appointments with the neurologist going over the possibility of a pinched nerve and even went through an electromyography test - a test in which needle electrodes are inserted into the tips of your fingers (palm-side) and the doctor observes the electrical activity in your body. After going through that painful test I thought surely this will tell me what is wrong with me, little did I know! The doctor, who was also sure the test would yield some insight, was perplexed. Finally after being told once again that there was nothing wrong with me I spent days thinking about it and the only thing I could think about was that my friend had been diagnosed through a MRI…that’s what I needed. I returned to the doctor’s office and requested a MRI. The rest, as they say, is history!

From that day on I have been on Rebif, 3 times a week and have the impending thought, somewhere at the back of my head, that one day I may not be able to walk. When I think about how I almost did not get diagnosed, it makes me wonder how many people out there may have MS and don’t even know it. In a way it is good that more and more cases have come up and now all doctors are aware and there is alot more awareness in the community as well. I am thankful that there is so much MS research going on and just hope that one day soon they will find a cure. Till then…it’s me and that painful needle!

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