When you first find out you have MS, you are in shock as well as overwhelmed with fear.
It will take you at least of year to stop referring to yourself as "John Doe with MS" instead of just "John Doe".
Your mind will wander in and out of the clouds of "what ifs" and "what happens when".
And whatever you do>>>>avoid those people who want to tell you every horror story about MS. How their "Uncle had it and now he is just a head on a pillow!" or "how long before you will be in a wheelchair"?
Throw all that crap out the window. Your MS is
YOUR MS and it will take a while for you to get a handle on what it is all about FOR YOU.
And keep in mind that other people don't really
get MS until the actually
GET MS. After all, did you?
Now with that being said....My symptoms started out sensory (numbness, tingling etc). I've had some pretty strong fatigue too. Some cognitive issues (but I hate to admit that). Bladder issues quite often too.
But my symptoms have remained mostly sensory since the beginning. My doc said that many people who start off sensory stay sensory. However; there are no guarantees.
Now let me tell you a story.......
I had a friend who spent his whole life in fear of Huntington's Chorea Disease. It ran in his family and is highly genetic. He was too frightened to get the genetic testing. He had a vasectomy so he would never pass it on. He spent his whole life taking drugs and drinking alcohol and living a very risky lifestyle. He was paranoid every time he got sick or had a twitch. Well after all the fear of the Huntington's (which he never came down with)....he got cancer.
Skywalker; allows yourself some time to come to grips with the diagnosis....
Take one day at a time.......
Pray and meditate.........
Talk to only supportive people...............
You've had a lot on your plate for a young person and getting all the stressors out of the way (financial, medical insurance etc) will really help.
I'm hoping soon your symptoms will start to abate and you can begin to heal. My first episode lasted so long that finally the docs put me on a 5 day steroid drip and that really helped. I was diagnosed in 02 and I go in and out of feeling like I have MS to forgetting that I have MS.
Hang in there......