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Along these same lines, this leads me to a question: how often should you be reporting symptoms to the neurologist...especially when they're very minor in nature? The reason I ask is because I had a major exacerbation back in December, which I have completely recovered from (severe paresthesia/ataxi...

Congratulations! As has already been said, you should take great pride in this accomplishment. I haven't been on skis in a number of years, but I spent a lot of time on the slopes in my youth, as did my wife. Not much time for skiing these days, but I wouldn't mind getting back into it eventually.

I've found similar problems with the cold weather, and truthfully, I don't think it's seasonal affective disorder...at least in my particular case. I was just diagnosed in December, but I had known for a while that something wasn't quite right. That being said, I've never once had what would be clas...

Hi Callie, I'm new here myself, and newly diagnosed as well. Since you've been dealing with this longer than I have, it would be kind of hard to give advice, except to say take one day at a time, and always try to visualize some kind of positive motivator to keep moving through the day. For me, it's...

Well, hello, sorry to hear you've got MS but nice to see you here, if you understand me. I understand completely...and thanks for the welcome. :) Yes, anxiety, we all have that. But I can reassure you a bit; most of us don't get worse, or at least not quickly. We just keep soldiering on, you get us...

Hi everyone....glad to have found this site! My name is Steve, 40 years old, and diagnosed with RRMS back in December following a fairly debilitating attack. I've been lucky enough to enjoy good health for my entire life, having rarely ever seen a doctor until a few months ago. Unfortunately, all of...