Hi, I am new to this forum as only since Monday been diagnosed with MS. I have a mri and CT and they have found tiny spots on the Brain but no brain tumours which is a bonus! I have had black outs three weeks ago and feeling low in my self and so tired effecting work & driving etc. That’s why I came home up to A&E and haven’t left yet. I am Currently on day 3 of the 5 day steroids IV but no reactions and feeling stronger everyday. Definitely noticing the difference so far but a long way to go yet. Need to speak with the MS team for more support but I wanted to join this forum and speak to people that have it, I am 31 with no kids but that’s the topic I asked if I can have kids in the future with this.
Thanks for reading any support you can give me all will be most appreciated
Thank you again…
Billie
Hello Billie,
Welcome to the site as people here are really knowledgeable and will help you with any questions you have to help you. I hope the symptoms continue to ease for you soon. You need to ask about Disease Modifying Drugs (DMDs) to help slow down the progression. With regards to having children yes you can still have children with MS. I’ve had MS since childhood and have three children and three grandchildren and I worked full time up to a late retirement. So it can be done, although it’s not always been easy (whose life is easy anyway - everyone has ups and downs). I’m in a wheelchair now but still manage to get around and still drive (wheelchair adapted vehicle) and I still enjoy life, though I miss my husband, who died two years ago, so we never shared that retirement we’d so been looking forward to together. So Billie live life to the full and try to work around the MS diagnosis. It can be done.
Big ((((HUGS))))
Mary
Hi Billie. My sympathies to you. In terms of support and your future, you can’t do much better than take note of what Mary @theorising says in her reply. I’m 70, diagnosed 17-18 years ago and now struggle to walk more than 10-15 minutes but by and large the first 16 years or so didn’t limit me too much. I’m still enjoying life as I hope you will be able to. Also take heart from the research into new treatments and with luck, re-myelination .