How well educated are you on the subject of MS and how it affects each and every one of its victims differently. No two MSers are the same.

It is an unpredictable disease of the CNS (central nervous system). Key word being unpredictable.

Now with that said. He must have met the criteria for MS. It is not a disease that doctors enjoy giving.

When I was first dx'd there was a co-worker who felt the need to spread terrible rumors that I was 'faking' MS as she knew someone who has it and is wheelchair bound, etc.

Well, she and the rest of the office was given an indepth look into the life of living with MS.

There have been times in which one leg felt as if it weighed 100 pounds and I litterly had to drag that leg and within hours or days I was back to normal. Vision one day can be perfect and the next second it looks like I am looking through a thin layer of vasoline. Would lose the use of my legs in hot weather years ago however once my husband brought me back into the house and I cooled down I was good to go. Nowadays, heat does not bother me.

Why would you want to put a stop to something that in my opinion is not fraud but a disease that appears when it so desires...whether it be for a few minutes, hours, days or months.

Now as far as items being thrown away...unused. I know for a fact that if he switched his injections the previous unused injections can not be given back or given to another person who has MS that uses that particular drug. Or it could be that they had expired. I threw mine out because I was sick and tired of the injections and the side effects.

MS can cause depression and that can make one act a little strange or maybe not....just depends. He may have felt good that day that he no longer felt the need to keep those particular items.

Let him be. MS is enough to deal with ... he needs support not doubt.

UNPREDICTABLE!!!!!!!

~Zig

MS symptoms come and go. Sometimes they come and go by the hour, sometimes they come and go by the day, sometimes by the month, sometimes by the year, sometimes by the decade. Sometimes they are minor symptoms, sometimes they are so paralyzing that the victim can only be grateful that he/she can still breathe. If indeed the victim can think well enough to be grateful for anything.

MS relapses are also called attacks.

This person sounds like someone who has been through a lot of suffering.

It could be that there is some leg-dragging when visiting the doctor to exaggerate symptoms, but I would rule out faking the whole routine. No one would collect glasses and equipment they won't use; clearly this person collects these things for the times when they are needed--when you aren't looking. And I'm sure you're not with this person 24 hours a day.

Jon

Amen to all of you that answered! I was diagnosed and treated for MS with Copaxone shots for 4.5 years then I was told I did not have it. I was told had several strokes and that is the reason for the lesions in my brain. I have gone for 3 years after stopping the meds with no symptoms. The symptoms came back 2 weeks ago and are terrifying. No one in their right mind fakes this disease. I only shop in stores when I can use the electric carts because I tire easily, but I can walk. Some people may think I don't need to do this if they see me walking later, but I save myself and my strength whenever I can. There was a time when I was in a wheel chair but currently am not. I did not understand MS until I was given the diagnosis and read up on it. Read more on the disease and you probably will be more understanding and not so judgmental.

when my husband was in the hospital one of the nurses actually accused him of faking a stroke. how can you fake a stroke when the mri can clearly show one and many lesions. he was diagnosed with ms on top of the stroke on teusday. i see my husband everyday. some days he is doing really good and other days he is so tired all he can do is sleep. i dont think people can fake this desease.