In July of 2022 I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and on New Year's eve the same year I ALREADY had my second flare up. On YT I talk about this, the symptoms, the denial.. the treatment, and what this might mean for my future.. here's a sneak peek..
I’m taking part in The May 50K challenge this May to raise funds for life-changing research into multiple sclerosis!
MS strikes young people in the prime of their lives. The average age of diagnosis is around 30 years old, although myself and many others I know have been much younger. There is no known cure, yet.
With how amazing and fast the medical field and the knowlage we gain evolves I hope in my lifetime to see MS be a thing of the past. As an example of how much this research is truly impacting on our live in th MS community let me share a part of my story:
Five years.
If I had been diagnosed five years earlier(and I could've been since I had been exhibiting symtoms for well over a decade) I would be dead right now.
The kind of MS I have was a death sentence only /Five Years/ prior to my diagnosis but thanks to how fast medical science progressed and the timing of when my symptoms were noticed(thanks to some "awesome" seizures)I am here now, alive and breathing.
At the time of my diagnosis there was no treatment I could take to manage the symptoms, all the doctors could do was prescribe strong anti-epileptic medication to prevent seizures but that medication didn't prevent the damage, the demyelination and subsequent haemorrhaging, that caused the seizures in the first place.
But! Two years after my diagnosis there had come a new medicine that I was abe to take and that managed my symptoms for nearly a decade, now when that one stopped working(as is sadly the usual with autoimmune disorders) I have almost six different medicines to chose from to treat my rare form of MS.
In such a short time so much has changed and it gives me so much hope that we can oneday be free of this illness.
So please donate, participate yourself, spread the word and please support my challenge to leave MS where it belongs, in the past far behind us.
Your donation will support research into the prevention, treatment and finding a cure for multiple sclerosis to change lives.
why does nobody represent physical illnesses?? I mean... Most people don't know what cerebral paralysis, epilepsy, etc are, and in the end laughing at it, or saying stupid and disrespectful things about it. I think we should spread awareness about physical illnesses, because they're hard to deal with alone, and also could lead to a mental illness. Please, someone, spread awareness about physical health...
The fridge M (she/them/their/theirs) stores bulk frozen foods and prepped meals for their kids went out, ruining $750 worth of food. So their monthly medical budget went to replacing food for their children.
Please donate.
Intentkitten.gay is a quick link to the gofundme account. Or send funds directly to
Venmo SojournerT91
Cashapp $Mo2391
Paypal.me/niconiche and I will send the funds directly to M from my account. She doesn't have PayPal
$40 today would help them get food ordered so she can eat
Our cane sits in the break room of a full time job we don’t get breaks in because the tile floor is too slippery and the job requires both hands.
All we want is a home we don’t feel like an intruder in, to be able to afford to eat without working ourselves sick for it, to receive help without feeling indebted, and to rest when we are hurting.