I was diagnosed with MS on September 21, 2007. I kind of new I might have it since last year when I started researching my symptoms on the internet but I didn't go to the doctor until I had insurance which was in August 2007. I believe my first onset was in 2001 when I was pregnant with my 3rd child. I had to leave work early because I started to feel weird and then I couldn't see out of my left eye. It lasted maybe 10 minutes but soon after I had a very bad headache. I thought it was a migrane and did nothing more about it. I never had a migrane like it before or since. So now I think it was the first MS attack. It didn't become a problem until 2 years later in 2003 when I started feeling tingling in my left arm. The tingling persisted to pain and weakness and spread to the left side of my face. And that pain lasted for months and then went away but the sensation on my left side feels different than my right and that has never went away. Now I deal with tingling in my legs, pain in my legs, etc, etc. My cognitive function has really been affected. Since I have started this drug therapy, this is my 3rd week I feel like my MS is progressing. I'm afraid of being disabled because I'm not to confident of my support system. I have 3 young children and my oldest is disabled from a traumatic brain injury caused by encephalytis when he was 5. I just found out my youngest who is 5 now has asthma. My husband has made no attempts to find out more about the disease and how it affects me or how it will affect us. He is in denial. My mother is a good listener but I know that she doesn't want to hear about it - she has her own problems to worry about. My sister-in-law is dealing with her own health issues and while it is similiar to mine she doesn't really listen to me but would rather have me listen to her. I feel very alone a lot of the times but I am also grateful because while this MS thing is going to be an obstacle in my life I am still functioning well and I believe I will be a stronger person from it. I really draw from my faith and rely on GOD to get me thru these tough times and I believe that with HIS help it will not defeat me but I will defeat it.
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