Welcome EricP

Once you've been with us a bit longer, and read a lot more in the forums, you'll see that each and every one of us is that little bit dissimilar.

There are times when I feel like we all have a different disease, with just the name "MS" to connect us. Our symptoms can be so diverse.

I've had some incontinence and I've also had the direct opposite..... when I just could not pass my urine, but please know that I was diagnosed with MS over 30 years ago. I'm one of our older members .... well .... middle aged plus a bit ... and my continence issues are only recent.

Please try to put this symptom out of your mind for now. 80% is a little far fetched... as I'm sure others here will tell you, and I'm sure there are many other things that you need to look into for now.

Have a read through this forum, and let us know if there's anything else we can help you with.

When I was first diagnosed I read everything I could find on MS. Most of it was on the Internet. And I probably talked myself into most of the symptoms I read about! It's just inevitable. But, in reality, I really only had a few of them. The more I read, the more I thought I would eventually end up with them all. And that's just not the case. I've learned that each of us, although we share a disease "name", each experience a totally different course. I've learned to take what I read with a grain of salt and realize that my MS is unique to me. It's taken a while but I've relaxed quite a bit and just take each day as it comes. Worrying about what tomorrow or even next week holds is just a waste of time and energy.