MS is not really in your control.

Find doctors that understand and take the medications that will help you the best.

I wake up each day, do a body check and then live my life.

You have a beautiful little girl that will give you a bit of worry with fevers, teething, temper tantrums and laughter.

MS may be an intrusion in your thoughts but that girl is why you get up and live with your new normal(s).

I don't know Latin but I think the term is: Carpe diem - Seize the day.

you have gotten some great advice here. NO ONE can predict the course of YOUR MS. its so different for each of us. Some of us ride the mild lane for the rest of our lives, and others skip over to the SPMS lane. its not in our control.

What IS in our control is how we react to it. We can eat right, exercise, take good mental health care of ourselves. Be good to ourselves, and our families. Try to not let it get you into a corner of depression or worry. Come here and vent, or ask questions.

Sorry you had to find us this way, but welcome to the club house. Did anyone teach you the secret handshake?

I'm sorry someone told you that. Everyone's MS is different - everyone's. Enjoy your daughter and keep active. Take care of yourself and enjoy life. What will come, will come.

Don't believe what people say or think. Even GCPs are wrong sometimes and have pre-conceived notions about MS

Well my lil Kentucky Gal you listen to Momma...all these people here with MS were probably told the same thing that white coated thinks he know it all told you. You might have worse to come and you might not. My first Neuro told me that I would be in a wheelchair in a few years.

That was over eight years ago and I'm still walking...not that sexy make a man look twice walk, but still walking.lol As others have posted, MS effects each of us differently, and most of us the same. It is good you know what it is and you start taking care of you and finding meds that work for you.

I know its scary right now, I know you are concerned about your future and that of your sweet baby...but things will be ok. You need to know that it will be ok, you might have to adjust a few things here and there. We all make adjustments through out our lives, we make adjustments to a new job, new house, new car, new husband, etc. You get the picture, this is one more adjustment...it is not going to be easy, but then...

THAT'S WHY WE ARE ALL HERE JUST FOR YOU. Some one will hopefully answer your concerns or just listen to fears, we've been where you are and we know exactly how it feels. We are a unique club, we are given this illness because we are strong, not everybody can do what we do everyday...live each day as it presents itself, good or bad.

So sending you plenty of
I would send your neuro a good smack for being so insensitive, but the effect isn't the same unless he can actually feel my hand.

Be very aware that people are going to say all kinds of things to you. Educate yourself and disregard all those people who "know somebody with MS" or whatever. I've had some whoppers said to me and I know exactly how those comments can bring you down. Take one day at a time and enjoy the baby. These precious baby years will go by so fast!!!
My brother in law has had MS for 22 years and is still working and feeling good. Hind sight is 20/20 so we can now say he has a mild form of the disease. Only many years from now will you be able to say how MS affected you and only you.

Just wanted to add my HELLO and WELCOME, wildchild! I'm sorry you have to be here, but under the circumstances, it's a great place to be. As everyone has said before, we're all different and your life with MS will probably be different yet. Read all you can to understand the "possibilities", don't pay attention to the many "a friend of my aunt's cousin" ms stories that will come along.

Enjoy that little one and make the most of each day. I'm at the grandmother stage now and wonder how did that happen, all the time. You'll feel less like a zombie from lack of sleep soon too!!

Hope to get to know you better and all the best.

Darn that doctor for saying that. This disease isn't too bad for lots of people, in fact, it can be quite mild. The person that said that is probably stuck in the early 1980's or so when treatments and research were limited. You really can control the course of the disease to some extent by following a healthly lifestyle with diet, exercise and stress reduction.

Enjoy that baby and stick around if you have more questions or need support.

[QUOTE=ewizabeth;569219]Darn that doctor for saying that. This disease isn't too bad for lots of people, in fact, it can be quite mild. The person that said that is probably stuck in the early 1980's or so when treatments and research were limited. You really can control the course of the disease to some extent by following a healthly lifestyle with diet, exercise and stress reduction.

Enjoy that baby and stick around if you have more questions or need support. [/QUOTE

Thank all of you for your words. I do have another quesstion though. The thing that sent me to the hospital was a seziur and it was my first one and the drs didnt know what caused it so they did a spinal tap and an MRI and they told me that the spinal tap showed that i have ms and i went to an ms specialest and he told me that the spinal tap results was neg for ms. but the MRI showed leasions that showed i had ms has this happened to anyone else.

Thanks for the support. and no i dont know the secret handshake