hi PlainBFN. My mother had MS. But she had a rare type. I don't remember what type but I know it was rough for her. On her bad days she could'nt get out of bed and when she did she needed assistance to walk. She was diagnosed in 1988. The doctors all told her she would be in a wheelchair within 5 years of that diagnoses date and she was for awhile but she was'nt after a year. She would get severe numbness in her left arm and leg also in the left side of her face. She had a stroke when she was 27 so i don't know if the stroke caused her MS or if her MS caused her stroke. But she was always on steroids and immunosuppresants to deal with the symptoms of the MS. I'm so sorry to hear about you having it. But nowadays they have many wonderful treatments for the physical and emotional syptoms of MS. I hope you get better