Jul
16
Before I knew anything about the disease, when I heard “Multiple Sclerosis,” I thought of the Jerry Lewis kids in wheelchairs. No, that’s Muscular Dystrophy, but I didn’t know.
Then, as a journalist, when I covered the Multiple Sclerosis celebrity events with movie stars, Dustin Hoffman introduced me to his mother-in-law, and organizers told me they had the disease, and I kept repeating, “Gee, you look great.”
I didn’t know what the face of MS was. Little did I know, I would soon be diagnosed with it.
For years, I went to neurologists and specialists for what I thought was carpal tunnel syndrome. I went to allergists for persistent headaches, optometrists for fuzzy peripheral vision and an acupuncturist for the persistent numbness in my right side.
It wasn’t until I broke my right foot while walking the dogs in the Hollywood Hills and walked on it for half a week after breaking it in three places, and finally a doctor said I shouldn’t have been able to walk on it. I was sent to a special neurologist, who I trust to this day—and then, after getting a second opinion from the world’s leading experts at UCLA, I was confirmed as having Multiple Sclerosis.
read the rest via Multiple Sclerosis 101: What are the symptoms?. Includes good rundown of symptoms and a nice graphic. Good to send to people who need to know what MS is and what it does.
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