hummingbird
hummingbird
Sex: F
Data Quality: 3 stars
MS: 22 yrs
Type: Relapsing-Remitting
Sensation: Moderate
Overall: Mild
Cognition: moderate
Vision: moderate
Speech: mild
Swallowing: none
Upper limb: none
Walking: none
hummingbird
Female, 44 years
CA, United States
Primary Condition
MS and 3 more ▼
Type
Relapsing-Remitting
First symptom
Mar 1990
Diagnosis
Jun 2006

About hummingbird

I'm 43 and have 2 boys ages 14 & 11, and Murphy, my 95 pound Mutt. I've been married for 18 years. I grew up in Portland OR and went to pharmacy school at OSU (Oregon State) where I met my husband, an engineer. He took a job with an oil company so we lived in Jakarta Indonesia for 3 years. I still work part time as a pharmacist. With 3 guys, our family is pretty involved in Boy Scouts. I always told myself that I would do a marathon the year I turned 40. Instead, I did the MS Challenge Walk - 50 miles in 3 days. I finished 47 of those 50 miles!!!

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Member since: Mar 17, 2008 Last Login May 25, 2012

Other Conditions

  1. Neurogenic Bladder
    First symptom
    ?
    Diagnosis
    ?
  2. Sinusitis
    First symptom
    ?
    Diagnosis
  3. Transverse myelitis
    First symptom
    Diagnosis
    Stopped
    Stopped Reason
    This was resolved without treatment.

More About hummingbird

I was shocked (a bit) to see that I have technically had MS for over 20 years.  I had ON in 1990, but no other symptoms until 1999.  From 1999 until 2005 my symptoms were mild and seemed unrelated.  In fact, in 2004 I laughed at a urologist for suggesting I get checked for MS.  

I had a bad exacerbation at the end of 2005 which I never received treatment for.  It took 5 different neurologists in 6 months to get a 'probable MS' diagnosis, and eventually get diagnosed with MS.  The first three doctors thought I was crazy for suggesting that I had MS.  

We were talking about adopting a girl in 2005 right before I got sick.  We are now in the matching process for a girl under the age of 3.  

Up until recently I worked part time as a pharmacist, but I was laid off.  It's hard to find a decent part time job.  After my last job, I know that I could not hold down a full time job very easily.  I have a new MS doctor and he will do some cognitive testing soon to see if I can continue to work.