syl
syl
Sex: F
Data Quality: 3 stars
MS: 9 yrs
Mentor
Type: Relapsing-Remitting
Sensation: Moderate
Overall: Mild
Cognition: moderate
Vision: mild
Speech: none
Swallowing: none
Upper limb: mild
Walking: moderate
syl
Female, 51 years
laurel, MS
Primary Condition
MS and 4 more ▼
Type
Relapsing-Remitting
First symptom
Apr 2003
Diagnosis
Oct 2005

About syl

I live with my husband of 32 years. I have two children, both of which are grown and married. I had to retire from a job as personnel manager of a large retail store where I had worked for 20 years. It was very hard for me to admit that I was no longer able to perform my job functions. I had to re-think my purpose and accept a new path for my life. It wasn't easy at first but with time I found new ways to feel needed. A positive attitude and faith in God has carried me through many struggles. If I could offer any advice it would be to have these.

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More About syl

I was working at full speed trying to be the perfect mother to two high school kids and be a good wife plus be the best employee at the same time.  When what I thought were migraine headaches and fainting spells started I assumed they were just because I was over doing it.  I saw my doctor and he agreed.  After they worsened he referred me to a neurologist and I was told that I had atypical migraines.  Okay, I take the medicines and everything would be fine.  Well they were not.  Things got worse.  I woke up one morning and didn't know where I was, I couldn't move my left arm and my speech was slurred.  After a trip to the ER I was told I was just under too much stress and it was an atypical migraine.  Incidents went on like this for about a year and I was not getting any better.  I saw two more neurologists and they agreed that it was migraines.  One Sunday afternoon in June of 2005 I was swimming with my niece in my pool when she decided to leave and I stayed in.  I had a headache but I didn't think anything about it.  I didn't know it but my life was about to change.  I "blacked out" and my husband found me, pulled me out and performed CPR.  I began having seizures and kept having them in the ambulance and at the ER.  My husband and my general physician stepped in and told my neurologist that something had to be done.  I got an appointment with a specialist two hours away and within a matter of days had my diagnosis, MS.  I was so angry.  Angry because I didn't want the MS and angry because I had wasted precious time being treated for migraines.  Because of the seizures and MS I have not been able to work since.  I finally was able to receive my disability after what seemed like forever!  That was a battle in itself.

Life is what you make of it though so I try to fill it with family and friends and give thanks to God for all that He has blessed me with.  I can't change my diagnosis but I can change my attitude.  



Below is a picture of my family: 

 Here is a photo of just my grandkids: That's Aly, Emily and Cameron