I got my first attack at 21, am now 67. Since then, I've climbed mountains, gone on long cycling trips, gone skiing, etc . I like being active so I was pretty frightened at first, took some years to realise it wasn't going to hit like the first 4 big ones. There are tired days, and my balance is a bit rubbish, but i try to walk every day, 4-5 miles.
I still work a bit, mainly retired, but ready to take on new things etc.
I feel lucky because it's stayed at bay.
Good luck to you and here's hoping you're having a good day,
Love, Jajj xx

I have a friend who is 70 and she was dx at 22. She is still RRMS and lives a full life. She is my true inspiration.

I was diagnosed at age 14 and now am 48 and I just take life one day at a time and do what I feel I can do on the day's I'm feeling good. I have raised 2 healthy daughters and tries to stay as active as I can. My mother always told me that life is not fair and if you could see how bad someone has things, then you would take your problems and run. I never liked hearing that as a teenager but now I agree

I was diagnosed in 1996 however believed to have had MS many years earlier when I was 23 in 1988 when I ended up in a wheelchair during my second pregnancy, regained feelings and mobility few months after delivery however numbness began to pop up couple of years later. Being tired and in pain I just related to raising 2 children, kept working and never looked back or never had the time to follow up with my doctor. Years passed and finally my eye sight became affected with stronger than usual headaches, went to my neurologist and said I’m having a flair up from MS and started me on steroids, meds for my headaches, meds for pain, I was walking zombie! Not fun at all when you have teenagers to raise as a single mom. So I decided again to concentrate on my children and put aside my health with or without pain, at age 50 I began to again feel worse and my neurologist after exam says you’ve entered secondary progressive MS and now I understand why I’ve been feeling what I have without any ending. So I stay positive, I continue to do aquatic therapy, I listen more often to my body, I walk as much as possible and I look at life as a blessing that I can still move and be around my family and granddaughter! I’ve been on SSDI since 2017 and I’m just taking it one day at a time. Adjusting my life and listening to my body and respecting how my body feels is the most important thing to do for one self.

Diagnosed at 28, run three marathons, got a Masters Degree, I’ve only recently started using a walking frame, I’m 70 this year I think I’m pretty lucky to have had a long period with little symptoms.