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i'm a believer
Sex: F
Data Quality: 2 stars
MS: 41 yrs
Type: Secondary Progressive
Sensation: Moderate
Overall: Mild
Cognition: moderate
Vision: moderate
Speech: mild
Swallowing: moderate
Upper limb: moderate
Walking: moderate
i'm a believer
Female, 57 years
Milwaukee, WI
Primary Condition
MS and 1 more ▼
Type
Secondary Progressive
First symptom
Diagnosis

About i'm a believer

I AM A 55YR. OLD FEMALE WITH DX. OF SECONDARY PROGRESSIVE MS. I WAS INITIALLY DX. IN 1974 WITH INTERMITTENT MS SOON AFTER DX. WAS CHANGED TO PROGRESSIVE/AGGRESSIVE MS DUE TO MY WORSENING CONDITION. MY GAIT VERY UNSTEADY AND WEAK. MY BALANCE WAS OFF, UNABLE TO VOID, CONSTANT TREMORS, MY LEFT ARM FLACCID, VISUAL PROBLEMS WHICH CAME AND WENT. MY PROGNOSIS WAS POOR DR. EXPECTED ME TO BE INSTITUTIONALIZED WITHIN THE YEAR. LUCKILY MY FAMILYS PRAYERS ALONG WITH MY OWN WERE ANSWERED AND GOD BLESSED ME WITH A BETTER FUTURE. I IMPROVED ENOUGH TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL FOR NURSING. EVENTUALY

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AS A SCHOOL NURSE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS WHICH I LOVED.  I HAD TO RETIRE AT 50 YRS OLD BUT WAS HAPPY I WAS ABLE TO GIVE CARE AS A NURSE FOR 25 YEARS.

I MARRIED IN 1982 AND HAD 2 SONS.  MY HUSBAND AND 1 SON PASSED AWAY EARLY DO TO ALCOHOL/DRUG ABUSE, MY OTHER SON IS DOING WELL.  FOUGHT IN IRAQ RIGHT AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL.  IS NOW 27 AND SINGLE.  HE HELPS ME OUT WITH THINGS I AM NO LONGER ABLE TO DO.