My father has MS. He first started having symptoms 20 years ago but it took several years to get a diagnosis (stupid doctors kept insisting he had arthritis). His case is pretty severe and he is confined to a wheelchair. He is only 52, it just makes me sick. His brother and one of his sisters have it, as well as his mother, so I refuse to believe that it isn't at least somewhat hereditary. My sisters and I all have the fear of getting MS tucked away in our minds -- we're all now reaching the age where symptoms start appearing, so it's a little scary.
They do have better drugs for MS these days, but the key is to stop the progression. For people like my dad, there isn't much you can do other than treat symptoms. If your friend is overall in pretty good shape, there's a good chance she could still go on to lead a normal life. And there are a lot of people who only have mild cases of MS.
Hopefully she doesn't have it, but like many other people have said, it can be very treatable. I wish her the best.
-------------------- jen
"It's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle -- to get one's head cut off." -- LC
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Re: Anyone know someone with MS?
