MS Michigan Man 64

Darlene is a beautiful 28 year old warrior from Norway that has been managing a diagnosis of endometriosis and osteoporosis since 2009. Before she was diagnosed, Darlene explains how she was told it was normal for women to be in pain when they had their period. Darlene was in so much pain at times she would pass out. When Darlene got to high school she started questioning that her body was normal....

Holly is an MSer from the state of Wisconsin who was working in the healthcare field as an RN when she started experiencing dizzy spells when she was out in the heat. That feeling became more frequent and she started dropping things. Holly then went in for a regular physical and her doctor and friend told her that she needed to see a neurologist because something wasn't right with her eyes. Holly...

Mike is a US Navy veteran and an MS Warrior from the state of Maryland. When Mike was 29 he explains how he was working two jobs that were high stress and a lot of hours. He started having eye issues and was prescribed eyedrops to treat. He also said he was starting to get numbness and went to doctors and it was dismissed. A couple years later Mike began to experience cognitive issues and vertigo...

Madylyn is my beautiful 26 year old step daughter that was diagnosed on the autism spectrum when she was four. Madylyn and I talk about what she remembers from her childhood and how she perceived things different from atypical kids. We talk about sensory issues she had growing up and how she was in a fight or flight mode to stop simple situations because of being on the spectrum. Madylyn talks abo...

I sit down with my beautiful wife, Sharon, who is the mom of an Autistic Warrior and my step daughter Madylyn. We have an incredible conversation about her journey raising a child on the autism spectrum. Sharon explains how she had to fight doctors for four years telling them that her daughter wasn't atypical. Doctors actually were blaming Sharon for her daughter's symptoms as "bad parenting". Fin...

Tilly is a return MSer from British Columbia Canada that joined me in Episode 4 to talk about her diagnosis in 2020, We get into a great discussion about how much she has learned about her MS. We talk about how her children have been on board with her fight and how much more they have learned. Tilly discusses how she has learned to adjust her diet because she has figured out that some foods are sy...

Karen is an MSer from the state of Washington that was diagnosed with MS 31 years ago in 1994. Karen started her journey right after the birth of her child. She explains how she didn't feel right and it was blamed on post pardon depression and shortly after developed a severe fever after witch her MS symptoms started with her hands tingling. She was rapidly diagnosed with RRMS in 1994 and had to e...

Jeanene is an MSer from New Jersey that was living her dream in the corporate world when she was diagnosed with MS at 27 years old. Jeanene explains how she experienced numbness in her right leg which she was referred to a chiropractor to treat eventually leading to a neurologist and her diagnosis. Jeanene rebounded and ignored her diagnosis without a DMT and had two children. She explains how aft...

Adam is an MSer from Michigan that was living the great life at 36 years old. He was working as a supervisor with UPS for 12 years when he started experiencing pain in his feet and numbness. Adam spent the next few months trying to figure out the reason. He explains how he was very athletic and a workaholic putting in 16 hour days so he figured it was work related. Adam declined very rapidly in th...

Maggie is a beautiful lady from the UK that was diagnosed with POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) in 2021 after getting covid. Maggie goes into great detail what POTS is and the different types that a person can be diagnosed with. Maggie explains how her heartrate was getting into the 200 bpm range when she first started her symptoms and how it took 2 1/2 years to get a diagnoses. Ma...

Dawn is a Parkinson's Warrior diagnosed in 2011 that was fighting that fight for 11 years when she experienced a stroke in 2022. The stroke completely disabled Dawn, including her ability to talk. Dawn and I have an amazing conversation how Dawn battled through her first diagnosis of Parkinson's at a young age and still managed to fight the fight that is Parkinson's. Dawn talks about her path to h...

Brooke is an MSer from the state of Florida that was diagnosed in 2000 after experiencing pain, balance and vision issues. Brooke , at the time, was working as an RN in the emergency room and asked one of the doctors if they could check her out. After a quick exam, the doctor told Brooke she needed to see a neurologist because a cranial nerve defect was discovered. Brooke worked in the radiology f...

Shakey (Episode 11) is a returning chronic disease warrior that was diagnosed with Parkinson's when he was 44 years old in 2002. Shakey explains how he experienced young onset Parkinson's in his 20's until his diagnosis of Parkinson's in 2002. Shakey shares what he describes as two halves of his life. The first half he talks about how the medications for Parkinson's took over his life and the deci...

Nelle is an MS warrior from the state of Utah that is also an Autism warrior's mom diagnosed with MS in 2022. Nelle has a 16 year old daughter that is Autistic and is high support needs. Nelle thought her plate was completely full working as an x-ray tech for 17 years, being a wife and mom when she started experiencing vertigo and left side weakness. Fortunately, Nelle worked as an x-ray technicia...

Mike is an MSer from the state of Alaska and was diagnosed in 2019 after being misdiagnosed since the age of 11. Mike explains when he was 11 years old he suffered with numbness and tingling in is feet, pain and balance issues. Instead of ordering an MRI, the doctors felt surgery on his feet would fix the problem. Three surgeries later, Mike had no relief from the symptoms and spent the next 18 ye...

Traci is an MSer from Ohio that was diagnosed with in 2020 after having symptoms for about a year. Traci worked as a hairdresser and had numbness and tingling in her hands that were being treated as back issues and she experienced vision issues that were blamed on allergies. Traci's family encouraged her to see a neurologist and she was diagnosed with MS. Traci and I discuss her DMT journey with O...

Darren and Destiny are two MSers that are engaged to be married in September of 2025. I sit down with both of these MS Warriors and they explain how they were diagnosed with MS and how they met and fell in love. Darren was diagnosed with PPMS when he was 28 years old and Darren has dysphagia because of the MS, which affects his voice. Destiny was diagnosed with RRMS when she was 31 after having vi...

Jeff is an MSer that was diagnosed in 2003 after moving to Texas from Ohio in 2000. Jeff is a former Division 1 football player that played for the coaching legend Jim Tressel at Youngstown State University before he took the Ohio State position. Jeff and I have a great conversation about how playing football in college prepared us for life with MS. We discuss how we use our tools we learned from...

David is an MS Warrior from the State of Louisiana that was living his dream of being self employed owning a lumbar company. In 2013, David's son was knocked out playing college football. He received an MRI to check his brain and David's son was diagnosed with MS. That was David's first experience with MS until he, himself was diagnosed with MS in 2015 after experiencing cognitive, digestive and b...

Caty is a 38 year old MS Warrior from Iowa that was diagnosed with MS in 2009 after she experienced numbness and tingling in her legs on a Monday. By Friday the numbness had traveled up her body to her neck while she was at work and her supervisor sent her home. Caty went straight to the ER and after having tests completed was immediately diagnosed with MS. Caty explains how she remembered having...

Kristin is a retired United States Navy vet that served for the United States Navy Band in Washington DC for 20 years. Kristin went to college at Northwestern University and was an opera major that, after graduation, auditioned for the US Navy Band and her military career began. Kristin has sung for four Presidents and has sung for numerous Presidential functions at the Whitehouse. Kristin and I t...

Liliana is an MSer from Columbia and has been in the USA since she was 12 years old. Liliana has had medical issues her entire life including infections and other auto immune issues. Liliana battled symptoms her entire life and was even diagnosed with juvenile arthritis. Liliana ran from her symptoms blaming her issues on something else until she went through menopause and then had Covid five time...

Jonathan is a registered nurse from the state of Massachusetts that was diagnosed with MS in 2022. Jonathan is the Director of Operations with the Department of Mental Health, inpatient mental health services, for the State of Massachusetts. Jonathan talks about how he went from the clinical side helping others to the one who needed the help dealing with his diagnosis. Jonathan talks about his jou...

Phillip is an MSer from North Carolina that went through, what he thought was vertigo and vision problems in 2023, but actually was the start of his MS journey and diagnosis in 2024. Phillip explains how he didn't know what MS was when he was diagnosed and how he did his own research, with the help of his wife Jessica, to learn about the disease and accept his diagnosis. Phillip and I have a great...

I sit down with Philip, a warrior from England, that was recently diagnosed with MS in 2023 after he was having back issues. The physio he saw was concerned with his symptoms and referred him to a neurologist. Tests revealed lesions and his diagnosis at the age of 37. We talk about how he handled the diagnosis mentally being that he had no prior knowledge of the disease and the fear he had. We hav...