Matt's MS - What it's like living with Multiple Sclerosis

http://mattsms.blogspot.com/ - My name is Matt, I am 20 years and I was just diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. This video is just introducing what my first exacerbation experience has been like so far. Sorry about the horrible video quality and all the "umms..." lol, experiencing some cognitive slowing... Be sure to check out my blog http://mattsms.blogspot.com/ and if you have a minute, become a follower, it will make me happy LOL thanks!

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Education

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• MS
• mulltiple
• sclerosis
• relaps
• exacerbation
• cns
• central
• nervous
• system
• autoimmune
• brain
• symptoms
• disease

[twidwell]

OK, I'm going back to the beginning to watch all you videos. Holy shit! I've been completely disregarding my reaction(s) to cold lately, and now that I've watched this I realize it's an MS thing! I've been bitching to my friends how effing BRUTAL it is to be cold, how cold it is lately (even though it hasn't been that cold)...I couldn't figure it out. Ugh...one more for the symptoms list.... :/

[mattalleng1990]

@twidwell Its good to keep a symptom list, seriously, cuz sometimes you don't realize that something you are experiencing is a symptom! I write EVERYTHING down!

[jsroc2k]

Thanks for sharing your story and information. I wish you all the best!

[mattalleng1990]

@jsroc2k Thank you!

[ephemerous]

admire your courage. there's a russian idiom/saying. chelovek s bolshoy bukvi. to translate it so it makes sense it means A person whos name starts with a capital letter. that's you. ; )

[mattalleng1990]

@ephemerous I like that, I do get it haha. If I could learn any language it would be Russian because my grandfather was Russian and I just like the heritage, I am also Irish and Mexican but Russian? IDK it's just more interesting to me haha! Thank you for the compliments though!

[robertsoniiii]

so many of your symptoms are the same as mine hate we have to share this , better days to you

[shegotlockjaw]

MS sux bro, I just recently got diagnosed with it as well. I started having headaches and got optic neuritis and lost alot of vision in my left eye. weakness in my left leg and shaky left arm, numbness in my left thigh. And my body felt very painfull feeling and high anxiety and tired. Loss of balance and using a cain atm. Had multiple mri's spinal tap, etc. Just finished more Steriod therapy myself, and that sucks.. got me on Copaxone now, just waiting on it now...Dood i feel ya..

[nnrep11]

I would check out a naturopath and cuttingb off sugar. When I cut out sugar, in 3 months the fogginess in my brain went away and my walking was better. I am looking into CCSVI now.