Hi julie,
i am a 25 yr old female. I have probably
had mild symptoms of mulitple sclerosis
all of my life. Mine has probably started
since I was born. I was always told all
of these different things by my
neurologist like: traumatic brain injury,
seizure disorder, vastibular bilateral
integration disorder. I was always so
confused as to what I had. I never knew I
had the mild symptoms of ms. Right now I
don't have full on ms, just mild symptoms.
With me I have always had trouble with
learning, some seizures;
i have problems remembering things,
understanding, stuff like that. About a
year ago I started going to a new
neurologist, he did a consultation
appointment. At my appt. My Dr. Asked
me some questions. I had a hard time
remembering, my coordination a little off.
He had some idea about the mild ms; due
to what he noticed at the Dr.
Appointment, then he did an mri. The mri
showed some stuff on my brain. So then my
neurologist told me I have mild symptoms
of ms.
For me I think as of right now I am about
the only person I know of who has had mild
ms all of my life.
With me sometimes I do really good,
sometimes I can get worse, it all depends
on if I am really relaxed &
everything.
My neurologist told me if my symptoms get
worse he wants to do a comparison mri to
see if I have multiple sclerosis. But for
now it's just mild symptoms of ms.
I am also pretty healthy as well: when I
was in high school & junior college I
ran track & cross country. I was
extremely surprised & happy at how
well I did. I did the best I could, I
wasn't always the fastest one on my team.
Everybody else was also happy & really
surprised at how I did.
I am so sorry about your friend. What
sort of things has he had to go through
with his ms?
I'm not sure what to say to you really. I
know that it can be really hard &
sometimes really scary.
With me sometimes I get a little scared,
because with me sometimes I am really
great, then other times i'm not that
great.
For me i've had to live with mine all my
life, so I wasn't really surprised about
it, just relieved to know what I have.
I can do everything I need to do,
sometimes it can take a little bit longer
for me, & I need a little more help.
Bonnie
