Beginner's Guide to MS: To the Caregiver and the MS Patient

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society provides excellent resources for education, support, and research.  Use their publications and website to locate community resources, counseling, information, self-help groups (both online and in person), and the latest on research and treatments.

The most important recommendation I have to give to newly-diagnosed patients and their loved ones -

YOU are not your MS!!  MS has not replaced your LOVED ONE.  She/he is the same person you have known and loved, who now just happens to have MS. 

Stay strong through the ups and downs and put your relationship first.