PatientsLikeMe : KateyB's MS Profile

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Status: Member since: 03/08; Last updated: 05/22/09; Last login: 06/27/09

KateyB: Sex: F; Data Quality: 1 star; MS: 18 yrs; Secondary Progressive; Sensation: Moderate; Overall: Moderate; Cognition: moderate; Vision: moderate; Speech: moderate; Swallowing: mild; Upper limb: moderate; Walking: moderate; See profile

KateyB: Female, 55 years; NY, United States

Condition History: Onset: Spasticity / Stiffness; First symptom: 07/91; Diagnosis: 12/07

Profile Activity: 61 Views

About Me: I recently gave up teaching as a college mathematics professor after 19 years - I couldn't teach at the level I felt my students deserved. It's been over a year but I still miss it terribly. I ignored my symptoms for years: busy mother of two, working and going to college, then taking care of my mother (cancer), and teaching full-time. They were not debilitating episodes, and any of you moms out there know it's easy to ignore yourself when you're busy with family and work. It's a slow progressive type of MS. I love singing, reading science fiction, playing chess, dominoes and cribbage. More…

MS Condition

MSRS : 60 latest: 04/20/08