Oh, the Things You ’ll See Over an MS Lifetime

I once wrote a toast for a dear couple who were to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at the same island hotel where they had honeymooned — well, where they’d spent a weekend after their wedding. As I researched their life together, I realized that some pretty amazing stuff had taken place during the time they’d spent as a couple. They’d seen the rise and fall of the Third Reich, the Iron Curtain, and the Berlin Wall. Their married life encompassed 11 presidents and five popes, and spanned from the age of propeller planes through to manned space travel and the sending of a man-made object beyond our solar system. They’d also raised three children, and seen six grandsons grow into men. A lot can happen in 50 years. As the latest — now the 15th — MS disease-modifying therapy (DMT) was added to our list of choices in the past fortnight, I’ve been reflecting back to when I was diagnosed and to all of the changes that have happened in my “MS lifetime.” From Hot Tubs to MRIs for MS Diagnosis I was diagnosed in 2001 (when there were only three DMTs), and I know that many who read this blog on a regular basis have been living with multiple sclerosis for much longer than that. Many of you could tell a story of your MS lifetime that includes hot tubs for diagnosis or being told to “go home and get your affairs in order.” In a relatively short time (my MS lifetime is far less than half of my actual lifetime at this point), we have gone from no treatmen...
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