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Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 2,280
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Magnate
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 2,280
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I was diagnosed when I was 24 years old. After learning about the disease I realized I had been having symptoms since I was a kid. What I expereinced as a kid was never looked into as my mother made the decision I was making it all up for attention and seeing a doctor was not necessary 
For me, it's difficult to know at what age it was MS and what would be normal kid stuff. I had chronic UTIs starting at the age of 4 which a cause was never found other than retention, my bladder did not empy completely.
I would slide or drag my feet when I walked. Scuffing up to toes of my shoes was normal because of how I walked (I would get into trouble for ruining my shoes ). It was difficult to pick my feet up correctly.
When I was about 12 years old I started having an odd sensation that I was wet or leaking urine but when I would check I was dry. This would come and go for quite a few years. Several years ago after not experiencing it for many years this symptom once again showed up. My neuro confirmed it was due to MS.
I would be out in the sun for about ten minutes and need to come in and take a nap. I found a cool shower helped. I was about 16 years old.
I was always falling as a kid and it was something I never outgrew. When I was 18 years old I stepped off a curb and went down. There was no warning of any kind, my leg just gave out.
My balance has always sucked. I have a friend whom I have known since we were in middle school and she would always complain I would walk into her. I could not walk in a straight line then and I still can't
My legs ached much of the time after the age of 14. My mother would tell me it was growing pains and deal with it Ummm...I had quite "growing" by that age. Actual growing pains that are normal for many children do not go past the age of 12. The aching is the same now as then.
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Dx RRMS 1984
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