Just wanted to add my welcome to our community!

I've been diagnosed with MS for 5 years, symptoms as long as ten or more...still walking (use a cane outside the house, for balance), still driving, and could be still working if I'd had a different kind of job.

My Dad had MS for over 40 years (that we knew of), was still going up and down stairs under his own steam a few days before he died of emphysema at almost 80, and still as sharp as a tack.

Is it a walk in the park? No. Is everybody different? Yes. But do not despair. You'll have those moments, of course, but a diagnosis of MS is NOT a guarantee of immediate and total disability.