Poll of the Day > My wife and I really are soulmates. Turns out, she also has MS.

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She's been having some balance issues lately, coupled with a gradually worsening tremor in her right hand. Got her in for an MRI yesterday, and the radiologist is saying its very likely she has MS. We will be seeing a specialist and getting her in for a contrast MRI in order to confirm, but the chances of it being something else are pretty slim.

Honestly, given the news we were expecting, I was actually relieved when I found out. She has a family history of Parkinson's, grew up on wellwater, and her symptoms were exactly what you would expect for early onset. Her mother died of brain cancer at the age of 38. She has family with a myriad of other disorders, all of which have far worse prognoses than MS.

But seriously, what are the fucking odds?

Im in a weird mode today. The news is not great, and having anything confirmed is obviously devastating, but at the same time i cannot help but feel relief. MS is totally treatable, and of all the neurological disorders out there, MS being auto immune seems to mean that there are new treatments coming out every other day.
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What is MS?
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neat?
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awww man, i'm sorry to hear that. but honestly she has the best person to help her through this. i know you don't let your MS slow you down, and i'm sure you can completely help her through this.

i know you guys will be good. just hang in there. you both are strong motherfuckers, ok?
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thedeerzord posted...

What is MS?

multiple sclerosis

damn that sucks man. im in the medical field and have seen what ms can do long term, but be hopeful. there are always new drugs coming out that help treat the symptoms.
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I wish you both good luck and happiness.
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Super_Thug44 posted...

thedeerzord posted...

What is MS?

multiple sclerosis

damn that sucks man. im in the medical field and have seen what ms can do long term, but be hopeful. there are always new drugs coming out that help treat the symptoms.

My mom has it, and i have seen first hand how it can effect someone. She can barely walk now, and somedays she can barely do anything.

Crappy fact: Alberta has the highest MS rate in the world.
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Proof MS is secretly an STD.
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Multiple Soulosis :>
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I thought MS was a form of herpes.
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My girlfriend has MS as well.
She can suddenly lose her balance at random and the vision in her left eye is mostly blurry.
The meds she takes are expensive as fuck though. Just one small box of her meds is roughly around $1500.

But yeah, MS can be a real bitch when you get older.
IIRC I read somewhere that there was one person who was cured from his/her MS with stem cells I think?
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is MS a lot less worse than it used to be? my dad has MS and it's horrible. but has medicine for it come a long way since he was diagnosed 20+ years ago? he has progressive now with like no hope of any type of cure or any treatment for normal life.
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Jen0125 posted...

is MS a lot less worse than it used to be? my dad has MS and it's horrible. but has medicine for it come a long way since he was diagnosed 20+ years ago? he has progressive now with like no hope of any type of cure or any treatment for normal life.

Yeah, an Ms diagnosis was way worse even as few as 10 years ago. They've made some pretty significant advances.

Just as a point of reference, I was diagnosed about 4 years ago, and I've been symptom free for the past 3 and a half years

ZiggiStardust posted...

awww man, i'm sorry to hear that. but honestly she has the best person to help her through this. i know you don't let your MS slow you down, and i'm sure you can completely help her through this.

i know you guys will be good. just hang in there. you both are strong motherfuckers, ok?

I think we will get through it just fine. We are both pretty optimistic. Thanks ziggs

man, that's great. it's really bad for my dad. he's hospitalized twice a year or more for his to get steroid treatments as he has flare ups with new lesions. and he's gotten guillane barre now too.

he's fallen and broken his back twice in the past 6 years. he fell and broke his hip about 3 years ago and has to use a walker permanently now.
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Ogurisama posted...

Super_Thug44 posted...

thedeerzord posted...

What is MS?

multiple sclerosis

damn that sucks man. im in the medical field and have seen what ms can do long term, but be hopeful. there are always new drugs coming out that help treat the symptoms.

My mom has it, and i have seen first hand how it can effect someone. She can barely walk now, and somedays she can barely do anything.

Crappy fact: Alberta has the highest MS rate in the world.

That's probably because the further you are born from the equator the more likely you are to get it. Sort of fucky. Something to do with vitamin D seems to be the prevailing theory.

It definitely gets bad in the later years, but with all he advances that's gonna be come less and less the case

Jen0125 posted...

man, that's great. it's really bad for my dad. he's hospitalized twice a year or more for his to get steroid treatments as he has flare ups with new lesions. and he's gotten guillane barre now too.

he's fallen and broken his back twice in the past 6 years. he fell and broke his hip about 3 years ago and has to use a walker permanently now.

That is pretty shitty. It's a rough disease, and the symptoms can be just about anything, but it's not the symptoms that usually mess you up the worst, it's the accidents. My neuro would say 'you don't die from MS, you die with it.'

LeetCheet posted...

My girlfriend has MS as well.
She can suddenly lose her balance at random and the vision in her left eye is mostly blurry.
The meds she takes are expensive as fuck though. Just one small box of her meds is roughly around $1500.

But yeah, MS can be a real bitch when you get older.
IIRC I read somewhere that there was one person who was cured from his/her MS with stem cells I think?

I don't think they cured it. They just managed to heal the specific lesions

What does this have to do with your wife being your soulmate?
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She should get 12 other friends who also have MS and call themselves MS-13.

i believe you

minervo posted...

She should get 12 other friends who also have MS and call themselves MS-13.

legitimately laughed

Metal_Mario99 posted...

What does this have to do with your wife being your soulmate?

oh, its just one of a billion coincidences tying the two of us together, thats all. don't read too much into it.
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maybe sex on another amusement park ride might help things?

well..

ok, even if it doesn't, you guys should have sex on another amusement park ride, ok?
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Isnt MS one those ones where if a parent has it, theres 50% chance youll get it, but if your parents dont then you wont?
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TheCyborgNinja posted...

Isnt MS one those ones where if a parent has it, theres 50% chance youll get it, but if your parents dont then you wont?

It's an increased risk but not that much. MS isn't hereditary.
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TheCyborgNinja posted...

Isnt MS one those ones where if a parent has it, theres 50% chance youll get it, but if your parents dont then you wont?

its sort of misleading. geographic location plays a much larger role, and naturally a lot of people have kids in the same place where they were born themselves.
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