I am also surprised by not seeing men posting.

As far as MS, I have no control of how the disease is going to affect me. I can only control my reaction to what is happening.

I have developed incontinence. I wear a "pee" pad. Not crazy about it but if I have a need, there are drugs to take if I am going on a long distance trip with no bathrooms. A road trip...but I prefer to fly and DH has flight/hotel points we use when we go away.

Dx'ed in 2005 with PPMS. I probably had sx's in my 40's.

I started using a walker over a year ago. Got over being self conscious about it. Makes people very nice, wanting to help. I let them help because I know that I felt good when I helped someone.

As for researching the internet, I let everyone here do that for me. (Yes, I am lazy about it!) There are a lot greater brains here than any work I may try to do on my own.