PatientsLikeMe : KateyB's MS Profile

KateyB

Female, 55 years
NY, United States

KateyB: Data Quality: 1 star; MS: 17 yrs; Primary Progressive; Sensation: Moderate; Overall: Moderate; Cognition: moderate; Vision: moderate; Speech: moderate; Swallowing: mild; Upper limb: moderate; Walking: moderate; See profile

Member since: 03/08
Last updated: 04/28/08

Diagnosis Summary
Onset: Spasticity / Stiffness
First symptom: 07/91
Diagnosis: 12/07

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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.

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