My MS Story by Jenn Powell In 2010 I heard the words, “You have multiple sclerosis.” Scared, I clung to my husband’s hand unable to metabolize what had just transpired. Fifteen years, 4 DMTS and 4 neurologists later, I now have secondary progressive MS. Despite the continued decline, progression, increased disability, pain, and daily challenges, [...]

My MS Story by Michael Weiss Donate to Michael's fundraiser here. I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2004 after many years of mysterious symptoms. I don’t exactly remember when the symptoms started and over the years many symptoms that I now believe were due to my MS (numbness, tingling, pain, vertigo, etc) were written [...]

My MS Story by Jennifer Jerome At the age of 39, I was working full time as a Physical Therapy Assistant in a busy orthopedic practice, running the occasional 5K and loving my life as a wife, and busy mom to 2 boys, ages 8 and 19. That fall, I ran a local 5K for [...]

My MS Story by Gus Quattlebaum “Of course you’re limping. You walked off a seven-foot wall!” Countless doctors were taken off the scent after my accident in the fall of 2017. My accident wasn’t a result of MS, but it eventually led to my diagnosis of primary progressive MS on Christmas Eve of ’21. My [...]

My MS Story by Thom Szymanski In early September 2023, I came down with a bad stomach bug. I spent all of Labor Day weekend going between the bedroom and the bathroom drinking a lot of water and hardly eating anything. By the following Friday, I finally felt recovered enough to go back to the [...]

My MS Story by Katy Haughn My journey with multiple sclerosis, which began in 2015, has been one of challenges, resilience, and gratitude. In the years that followed, I faced numerous relapses and tried various disease-modifying therapies (DMTs). Regular MRIs became a routine part of my life, and I focused on managing MS the best [...]

My MS Story by Mel Livermont My life had been composed of an over ten-year career of Firefighting/paramedics which I loved, then one day in the middle of May 2018; I started having more and more symptoms of migraines. I did not realize something severe was taking place in my body. A few months prior [...]

My MS Story by Ava O'Brien Hi everyone! My name is Ava O'Brien. I am from Boston, MA and I live with my mom, dad, and two sisters. I am studying Health Policy and Management at Providence College in Rhode Island. I was diagnosed with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis in the early summer of 2018 when I [...]

My MS Story by Tony Nelson I am a 49-year-old male. Being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2003 was a life-altering moment for me, filled with fear and uncertainty. I found myself hiding from others and keeping my condition a secret. I often wondered how long I could continue this silent struggle with MS. [...]

My MS Story by Adam Nelczyk In the summer of 2022, I had just turned 31 years old and was on the verge of finishing up my PhD at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I had been in school a long time, like a really long time, and at that point it was harder [...]