Living with MS

Four people living with Multiple Sclerosis in Washington state tell their stories in this video.

The Pacific Northwest has been disproportionately affected by MS, and experts still don't know why -- more than 12,000 people are actively fighting the disease in Washington, Alaska, and Montana -- 9,500 of those are in Washington state.

For many years people living with MS in the Northwest struggled to find treatment for all of their needs under one roof, but with the opening of the new Swedish MS Center they now have access to one of the most state-of-the-art healthcare centers focusing on the autoimmune disorder in the country. It is estimated that the newly constructed 11,700 square-foot state-of-the-art center will eventually care for more than 6,000 patients making it the largest, most comprehensive MS facility on the West Coast.

The new center gives MS patients and their families easy access to a unique multidisciplinary team of skilled neurologists and a specialized nursing staff to deliver the highest quality of coordinated care, new treatments and a variety of wellness options. It enables scientists, researchers, physicians and patients to work collaboratively toward new treatment options for those diagnosed with MS.

[ajimenezify]

I was diagnosed with MS just yesterday. Thank God I have a name for what I have been experiencing for well over a month now.

[itsmemedaymydudes]

It breaks my heart that I'm only 20 with such an illness. What makes it worse is that I can't express how bad I feel not even for close people to me.

[mothwizard]

My dad has had MS since I was born, for 16 years now. It’s been slowly getting worse ever since, to the point where he can’t even walk anymore. Just hearing that there’s hope makes me feel a little better now. Thank you.

[TheDana]

It happens with no warnings.. but thanks god at least you know what is going on.

[adobahej]

Thank you. I'm fighting every day. And I am winning

[autumnleaves]

23 years diagnosed, I just stopped working January 16, 2018‼️

[ivanalvarez]

when I was in my senior year of high school,
I was taking the final history test and when I was testing I fainted. I woke up in the hospital and the doctor was telling me I need to take an MRI and the nurse was telling me I have MS and my left leg is really week and my left hand shakes.

[GOFroSTURseLF]

The tiredness sucks, the blurry vision sucks. numbness sucks. I really understand that when she said being tired But wanting to do stuff and u can't because ur tired 😢 That is the worst feeling ever .

[diannebautistamostiero]

My heart goes to all of you. God Bless pips continue fighting ❤️

[coravandijk]

After 22 years in a wheelchair and a difficult life with ms, JESUS healed me and I am so happy. Never stop praying. Even so I hope soon a cure will come soon.

[priyankanag]

If you take MS and reverse it that is SM = super man.Love from india 😃 Dealing with MS since 2016.

[CrimsonLesbian]

I’m currently going through diagnosis for possible MS. Watching these stories give me hope that, even if I do have it, there’s still a chance of living a fairly normal life in spite of it. Only just turned 18, and it sucks to possibly have it so young; but there’s worse things happening to people and I’m glad that there’s people out there searching for a possible cure or at least a way to slow it down

[mermaidliquor]

My sister just found out she has ms and god damn am I scared for her. She’s 20 and she already has severe symptoms. I really didn’t want to see her have to go through this

[norowaretahito]

I have a problem on my body which I dont know yet what is it..When Everytime I suddenly moves my body, half muscles of my body starts to contract but its often happens in left side of my body..the worst is, when it happens in my whole part of my body which I totally can't control my body which it looks me like having a MS..anyone have experienced it??.😭😭

[AlexSharbono_]

I was diagnosed with it just this past week and I'm 17 years old. I had a seizure one night and I woke up in the hospital so confused and I am scared to death. the doctors said they have never seen or thought they would see a 17 year old be diagnosed with ms.

[runtellthatlol]

I been diagnosed this Christmas Eve that past I don't which one I have I walk with a limp right leg and if I do too much I tire out so easy and my lower back feels like it's going to snap like a stick

[MrCrucifier]

Diagnosed april of 2018 with RRMS, still can't get over the idea that it can get worse, thats what bothers me the most, the idea that its forever "eating" away at me.

[claudettes]

I was hoping this would be practical for ppl w ms. Sure there’s hope, there’s also reality.

[nikosn]

Man I'm 13 I have all the symptoms of ms i ll go to the neurologist on Monday I just hope that even if it's not ms it will be easily diagnosed

[greyfox]

I believe I have it too, I’m suffering for 3 year’s without properly being diagnosed, I’m having a lot of pain in the right side of my face, jolts of electricity currents happening over and over again,
I could feel something moving in my brain and sometimes the pain would lead it to become hollow, my finger tips would go numb so would my feet, I’m starting to shake a whole my hands tremble will holding a cup or driving and controlling steering wheel, I’m also experiencing fatigue, headaches, episodes of attacks happening constantly sometimes I would be fine then all of a sudden I would get exhausted, making it harder to breathe and function, I have been put on this nerve medicine called tregdol and I take about 5 tablets a day, becoming a zombie and making it impossible to stay awake I’m constantly tired and feeling fatigued the MRI wasn’t much hope either