MS Michigan Man 64

Hey everyone, welcome to MS Michigan Man 64. I’m Brian Wallace, and today we hit a major milestone — Episode 100! In this special 2 Part episode, we’re looking back at the incredible MS warriors who’ve joined us along the way, sharing updates on their journeys, and giving thanks to guests who have helped make this show what it is. To all the subscribers, listeners, and supporters — thank you for r...

Hey everyone, welcome to MS Michigan Man 64. I’m Brian Wallace, and today we hit a major milestone — Episode 100! In this special episode, we’re looking back at the incredible MS warriors who’ve joined us along the way, sharing updates on their journeys, and giving thanks to guests who have helped make this show what it is. To all the subscribers, listeners, and supporters — thank you for riding w...

Hey everyone, welcome to MS Michigan Man 64. I'm Brian Wallace, and this is where we get real about living with multiple sclerosis—no medical jargon you can't understand, just honest conversations between people who get it. Today I’m catching up with Jonathan, MS warrior and mental health professional, first featured in Episode 29. Diagnosed in 2022, Jonathan is the Director of Inpatient Operation...

Hey everyone, welcome to MS Michigan Man 64. I'm Brian Wallace, and this is where we get real about living with multiple sclerosis - no medical jargon you can't understand, just honest conversations between people who get it. Today I'm talking with Mamoud, diagnosed with MS in 2021. He traveled to California in 2021 and got diagnosed with COVID-19, then experienced vision loss. He saw an optometri...

Hey everyone, welcome to MS Michigan Man 64. I'm Brian Wallace, and this is where we get real about living with multiple sclerosis - no medical jargon you can't understand, just honest conversations between people who get it. Today, I'm talking to an MSer from Texas, Dan, that was diagnosed with his MS in 2022. Dan started having issues with his walking and having pain that he thought was a pinche...

Hey everyone, welcome to MS Michigan Man 64. I'm Brian Wallace, and this is where we get real about living with multiple sclerosis - no medical jargon you can't understand, just honest conversations between people who get it. Today I'm talking with Ashleigh from Virginia, diagnosed with MS in 2014 at 22 years old. She woke up unable to see out of one eye. At the ER, they told her Optic Neuritis co...

Hey everyone, welcome to MS Michigan Man 64. I'm Brian Wallace, and this is where we get real about living with multiple sclerosis - no medical jargon you can't understand, just honest conversations between people who get it. Today I'm talking with Franky from Indiana. Her journey started with numbness from the belly button down and right side weakness. The hospital dismissed her - told her she wa...

Hey everyone, welcome to MS Michigan Man 64. I'm Brian Wallace, and this is where we get real about living with multiple sclerosis - no medical jargon you can't understand, just honest conversations between people who get it. Today I'm talking with Carmen from Arizona, officially diagnosed in 1999 - but her journey started a decade earlier. At just 7 years old in 1989, she began experiencing unexp...

Hey everyone, welcome to MS Michigan Man 64. I'm Brian Wallace, and this is where we get real about living with multiple sclerosis - no medical jargon you can't understand, just honest conversations between people who get it. Today I'm talking with Dave from Canada, diagnosed with MS in 2016 while attending college. His journey started with extremity numbness, and what happened next shows how frag...

Hey everyone, welcome to MS Michigan Man 64. I'm Brian Wallace, and this is where we get real about living with multiple sclerosis - no medical jargon you can't understand, just honest conversations between people who get it. Today I'm talking with Amanda, diagnosed with MS in 2016. Her journey started with numbness in her feet and legs that progressed to losing feeling from the chest down. Then c...

Hey everyone, welcome to MS Michigan Man 64. I'm Brian Wallace, and this is where we get real about living with multiple sclerosis - no medical jargon you can't understand, just honest conversations between people who get it. Today I'm talking with Justin from Wisconsin, diagnosed with MS in 2019. His journey started with weakness and flexibility issues in his left leg - symptoms many of you will...

Hey everyone, welcome to MS Michigan Man 64. I'm Brian Wallace, and this is where we get real about living with multiple sclerosis - no medical jargon you can't understand, just honest conversations between people who get it. Today I'm talking with Beth from Oklahoma, who brings a unique perspective - she worked in mental health AND she's been living with MS since her 2007 diagnosis. Beth's journe...

Hey everyone, welcome to MS Michigan Man 64. I'm Brian Wallace, and this is where we get real about living with multiple sclerosis - no medical jargon you can't understand, just honest conversations between people who get it. Today I'm talking with Jen, a fellow Michigan MS warrior who's navigating this journey with strength and honesty. Jen's story starts with symptoms that hit during the height...

Hey everyone, welcome to MS Michigan Man 64. I’m Brian Wallace, and this is where we get real about living with multiple sclerosis - no medical jargon you can’t understand, just honest conversations between people who get it. Today I’m talking with Mely Macabre, a 36-year-old artist and writer I connected with on TikTok. What drew me to Mely is that she’s an open book, just like me. She doesn’t ho...

Q is an MS warrior from Texas who was working in the prison system for 10 years when he suddenly lost his ability to see in sunlight when he tried going to work one morning. Q made his way back into the house and sat down to try to figure out what was going on and rest his eyes. Q tried to go back out into the sunlight and the same thing happened. Q made it back inside and called a friend to come...

Ray is an MS warrior originally from New York City and then went to the University of Maryland where he earned an athletic scholarship to play basketball. Ray then ended up in Pennsylvania because of job opportunities and he still calls it home. Ray explains that when he was around 35 years old when he started experiencing his leg dropping. Ray thought he was having meniscus issues and figured it...

Allison is an MS warrior from Toronto Canada who started her journey in April of 2022 when she woke up and was numb from the ribs down on her right side. The numbness lasted a few days and her primary doctor advised her to go to the ER. Allison immediately went to the ER and the doctors in the ER told her it was anxiety and sent her home with no tests or scans. Her primary doctor thought that didn...

In this episode I have a conversation with Mayra, an MS warrior from California that started her journey in 2023 when she had issues with her right eye. Mayra let it go thinking it would go away but after two weeks it didn't so her husband took her to the ER but they just told her she had a headache and sent her home. Mayra then made an appointment with her primary doctor and was told the same thi...

Dave is an MS warrior from the UK that joined me in this episode. Dave talks about his journey with his MS diagnosis when he started experiencing tingling from his head to his foot when he stretched which he brushed off and ignored for over a year. Dave was at his mother-in-law's and she made a comment about his walking not being normal and later that weekend Dave lost all feeling in his right leg...

Melissa is an MS warrior from Kansas that started her journey a year ago when she wasn't able to stand one morning in March of 2024. Her husband immediately took Melissa to the hospital and they ran multiple tests including a spinal tap which lead to her diagnosis of MS in May of 2024. Melissa and I talk about how she new what MS was, having a career in long term care, but she only saw severe case...

Melissa is an MS warrior from Michigan (Go Blue!) that received her MS diagnosis in September of 2024 and wanted to help spread awareness about living with MS. Melissa explains how she had back pain for years prior but went untreated. Melissa started having other issues like dizziness, fatigue, headaches and unexplained sweating that made her doctor order an MRI and it came back with some lesions....

Mollie is an MS warrior from Georgia that began her journey when she was 15 years old and a freshman in high school. Mollie explains how she had a two week period where her right arm went numb for a short time and what Mollie called "spells" where she had stroke-like symptoms. Mollie had attacks multiple times the next few days even during her cheer tryouts when she lost strength and dropped one o...

Sarah is an MS warrior originally from Canada that currently lives in Spain who started her MS journey in 1995 when she was 20 years old. Sarah experienced extremely heavy legs one day walking home from school. She told her mom when she got home and her mom took her to a doctor and Sarah was diagnosed with scoliosis. Six months later, Sarah was in school taking a chemistry exam when her right hand...

Debbie is a return MS warrior from Colorado that shared her MS diagnosis journey with me in Episode 5. Debbie came back on to talk about the importance of finding a community and how we found each other on TikTok. Debbie and I talk about how we are on a mission to help people that are going through what we already have experienced. We talk about the mental part of the disease and how we are trying...

Marcus is an MSer from Florida that started his MS journey while he was serving for the US Army after playing college football in Kansas. Marcus was playing basketball in the gym when he lost the ability to dribble and to run backwards like he normally could. Marcus went to the military sick call the next day because he knew something wasn't right. The Army doctors ran a few tests and put him on r...