MS Michigan Man 64

April is an MS warrior from Tennessee who started her journey in 1995 when she had numbness and tingling in her legs. April feared it was MS after she saw her mom pass away from complications with her MS in 1988. April went to a neurologist and an MRI was ordered along with a lumbar puncture. April was told that she had the same chronic disease as her mother in 1995. April and I discuss how Betase...

Ally is an MSer from Arkansas who was diagnosed with MS in 2014. Ally and I talk about how she had a party for her two boys on a Saturday and she suddenly couldn't use her legs and fell to the ground in her bedroom. Ally's sister found her and it took Ally 30 minutes to regain her strength to get up. The next day Ally had double vision that she blamed on the busy day she had before with the party....

Johnny is an MS warrior from Ohio that was diagnosed with MS in 2019 but his journey started in 2006 when he suffered from severe migraine headaches. Johnny went to numerous doctors for the next 13 years trying to get answers. Johnny explains how doctors would tell him his migraines were from his weight or from his teeth. Finally in 2017 a doctor ordered a scan of his brain and a pituitary tumor w...

Dr Summer and I continue our conversation about her journey with her MS diagnosis and we also have great discussion about how Summer approaches her visits with her neurologist as a doctor herself and an MS patient and how she separates the two. We also get into so many awesome conversations like where she thought medicine is at with a cure and her thoughts on AI in future medicine. Dr Summer and I...

Summer is an MS warrior from the state of Utah and now calls Ohio home. Summer was in her last year of her residency when she started her MS journey. Summer explains how her program director physician had a private conversation with her and discussed the possibility of Summer having MS. Summer's program director ordered MRI's and a lumbar puncture and Summer was diagnosed with MS in 2017. We talk...

Trina is a returning MS warrior from Tennessee who recorded with me in Episode 6 about her journey with MS since 2007. Trina and I have a great conversation about the frustrations we go through living with MS. We talk about how society treats us and how it affects our mental health. We talk about how our family and friends perceive us as not trying hard enough and how they don't understand how we...

Jon is an MS warrior from Texas that started his MS journey in 2021 when he wrecked his truck in stop and go traffic with his son in the car. Jon experienced symptoms for a couple years prior but lived in a culture where men didn't seek medical treatment and he ignored his symptoms until the accident. Jon went to the ER because he didn't have a PCP and he was admitted for concern of a stroke. Jon...

Amariel is an MS warrior from Michigan that was diagnosed with MS in 2021 but experienced her symptoms as far back as 12 years old when her legs would just give out on her. Amariel's parents took her to doctors repeatedly with no answers to her symptoms. Amariel and I talk about how she spent years as a juvenile and as an adult going to doctors only to be misdiagnosed or ignored entirely. Amariel...

Annamarie is an MS warrior from New York that started her journey when she woke up one morning in 2001 with a crooked eye. Annamarie talks about how her parents took her to a specialist hospital in New York for extensive testing and was sent to another hospital for scans and another hospital for even more testing and a spinal tap which confirmed she had MS at 16 years old. Annamarie and I talk abo...

Christine is an MS warrior from Alabama that started her journey at a very young age when she experienced vision issues multiple times and zaps up and down her spine that went undiagnosed for years until her diagnosis in 2009. In the time leading up to her diagnosis Christine explains how she had a life filled with traumatic episodes to her mind and body and how they lead up to her chronic disease...

Chad is an MS warrior from Canada that started his journey in 2018 when he was 30 years old and started experiencing difficulty walking with numbness from the waist down. Chad spent the next two years going to doctors with no answers to his symptoms. Chad had multiple tests completed in that time with no MRI ordered to test for lesions and MS. Finally in 2020 after having an MRI Chad was diagnosed...

Antwuan is a US Air Force vet and an MS warrior that started his journey in 2015 when he experienced double vision and it went away after a few months. In 2017 Antwuan had an MRI completed that showed white matter but doctors didn't want to give him the diagnosis of MS. After two years of testing and a trip to the ER Antwuan was told by a nurse that he had MS in 2019. We talk about how the diagnos...

Katie is an MS and Fibromyalgia warrior originally from the UK and now calls France home. Katie's journey started in 2015 when she began to have numbness in her hands and feet along with migraines and chest infections. She went to doctors to try to get it figured out and she was diagnosed with carpel tunnel and had a surgery to correct the issue but it gave her no relief. Katie then explains how s...

David is a football coach at Riverfield High School and an MS warrior who first recorded with me in Ep. 33 and wanted to come back on to talk more about his PPMS diagnosis and recent testing he went through to track his disease progression the last five years. Dave and I talk about how he was transitioned into a PPMS diagnosis after his disease worsened a couple years. Dave explains that even thou...

Mando is an MS warrior from Chicago, Illinois that started his journey in 2013 when he suffered a torn meniscus that he had repaired but he never recovered. He spent the next year limping and struggling to walk and in October of 1014 Mando went to a hospital where an MRI and spinal tap was ordered with a diagnosis of PPMS on his 30th birthday weekend. We have an great discussion about how Mando un...

Michael is an MS warrior from New York that was working on Wall Street as a stock trader in 1998.During a meeting Mike lost the use of his arm and he knew something wasn't right. Mike immediately went to see a doctor because his biggest fear was a brain tumor. Mike was referred to a neurologist and Mike was diagnosed with MS. Mike and I talk about how he accepted the disease but kept his struggles...

Jennylyn is an MS warrior from Florida that started her MS journey at the age of 16 years old when she was playing basketball in high school and she fell for no reason and lost the use of her legs. Doctors could not explain the reason she went paralyzed even after a spinal tap. Doctors treated her with steroids and Jennylyn rebounded back to her normal. During her senior year Jennylyn went deaf an...

Traci is an MS warrior from California that was diagnosed with MS in 2020. Traci went through her diagnosis at a time when she was working a very high paced job putting in 14 hour days and she thrived on the lifestyle. Traci explains how she woke up one day and she struggled to walk and talk. She immediately saw her doctor for fear of a stroke. An MRI was ordered and in three days Traci found out...

Karen is an MS warrior from England that experienced fatigue from the age of 16 throughout the early part of her life. When Karen was 31 she had her first child and felt even more fatigued and started to question how she was feeling with her doctors and they dismissed her fatigue as being a new mother and and having to run around after a little one. In 2019 Karen experienced an symptom of passing...

Shaun is an MS warrior from the MS capitol of the world, Saskatchewan Canada and is also the creator and administrator of the Facebook group, Multiple Sclerosis Resources and Education. Shaun started his journey in 2019 when he was going through a divorce and watching his 40 year business crumble which caused a tremendous amount of stress. Shaun explains how he lost feeling from his neck down and...

Amber is 26 year old MS warrior from New Jersey that was diagnosed with MS in 2021 after she had vision issues. Amber was having blurry vision that didn't go away and after going to and eye doctor she was told to go to a hospital because of her optic nerve was inflamed. Amber went to the hospital and two months later after an MRI Amber was diagnosed. Amber explains to me that she actually remember...

Steve is an MS warrior from Pennsylvania that was diagnosed with PPMS in 2020, but actually can trace symptoms that he ignored for 12 years prior. Steve explains how he was always athletic and he started tripping and fell a few times. Steve also struggled with hand eye coordination with simple things like judging a fly ball in softball. Steve had a foot issue that required surgery and after he had...

Stacey is a chronic disease warrior from England. Stacey was 29 years old and pregnant, working as a hairdresser when she went through what she thought was bad pregnancy symptoms. The doctors were blaming it on pre and postnatal depression. Stacey had to undergo an emergency c-section and after procedure Stacey was bleeding severely and doctors were still blaming on depression. Stacey was finally...

Lauren is an intelligent, beautiful young 23 year old lady from the UK that was studying at the University when she got Covid. While she was at her parents recovering Lauren was feeling fine and went to sleep. When she woke up she struggled to open her eyes and even talk. An emergency call was made and Lauren was admitted into the hospital immediately. Lauren explains the many tests and scans she...

Louise is an author and MS warrior from the state of Florida that started her journey in 1979 at the age of 19. Louise and I have an amazing conversation about what it was like for her going through her symptoms back when very little was known about MS and how it took two years of not knowing what was causing her to lose her balance, vision and fatigue issues. Louise talks about how she had to adv...