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A MyMSTeam Member asked a question 💭
Telford, UK

I know this is a really morbid question,i was only diagnosed november 2014 so still learning about this disease but i have a very real fear that ms will shorten my life drastically.Does this disease do this ??? sorry for being so depressive just a question i need to know the truth about.

January 20, 2015
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A MyMSTeam Member

MS does not kill you, only makes you wish you were dead sometimes. No really, there are good and bad days. Take them one at a time, deal with each day the best you can and keep going. I was diagnosed at age 42 but probably had it long before that. I am now 64 and still going. I stay as active as the disease allows me to be on any given day. Yes, I have slowed down but I'm much older too. I and intend to get much older than this, God willing.

January 20, 2015
A MyMSTeam Member

I do have thee dreaded secondary prognoses. Got it when I was 62, paralized in three limbs, am now 74 and I'm still pecking on this iPad and smiling most days!

January 21, 2015
A MyMSTeam Member

Thank you all so much,each and everyone one of you have made me feel much better :) x

January 21, 2015
A MyMSTeam Member

Really ? needless worry. Get rid of it. It is not lethal. Driving a car can be.

January 20, 2015
A MyMSTeam Member

@A MyMSTeam Member Honey...... I was diagnosed at 25... just turned fabulous and 50! I will admit I didn't believe I would be alive today..... Hah! But I sure wish someone told me then..... I would have "bought years" so I could retire early! ATTITUDE!

January 20, 2015

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