A friend of mine just got diagnosed for ms
and he is 15 years old.
He's very young and healthy and also
scared.
He said that basically he will have
attacks and they will get worse each time,
and that he will have to take medication
in shots every month and week.
Is there anything that I should tell him
or anything like that? I mean I dont
think that at his age ms is common at all.
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bmd1981
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 5 Location: california
I've Had Ms All My Life! Posted: 09-03-06 17:55pm
Hi julie,
i am a 25 yr old female. I have probably
had mild symptoms of mulitple sclerosis
all of my life. Mine has probably started
since I was born. I was always told all
of these different things by my
neurologist like: traumatic brain injury,
seizure disorder, vastibular bilateral
integration disorder. I was always so
confused as to what I had. I never knew I
had the mild symptoms of ms. Right now I
don't have full on ms, just mild symptoms.
With me I have always had trouble with
learning, some seizures;
i have problems remembering things,
understanding, stuff like that. About a
year ago I started going to a new
neurologist, he did a consultation
appointment. At my appt. My Dr. Asked
me some questions. I had a hard time
remembering, my coordination a little off.
He had some idea about the mild ms; due
to what he noticed at the Dr.
Appointment, then he did an mri. The mri
showed some stuff on my brain. So then my
neurologist told me I have mild symptoms
of ms.
For me I think as of right now I am about
the only person I know of who has had mild
ms all of my life.
With me sometimes I do really good,
sometimes I can get worse, it all depends
on if I am really relaxed &
everything.
My neurologist told me if my symptoms get
worse he wants to do a comparison mri to
see if I have multiple sclerosis. But for
now it's just mild symptoms of ms.
I am also pretty healthy as well: when I
was in high school & junior college I
ran track & cross country. I was
extremely surprised & happy at how
well I did. I did the best I could, I
wasn't always the fastest one on my team.
Everybody else was also happy & really
surprised at how I did.
I am so sorry about your friend. What
sort of things has he had to go through
with his ms?
I'm not sure what to say to you really. I
know that it can be really hard &
sometimes really scary.
With me sometimes I get a little scared,
because with me sometimes I am really
great, then other times i'm not that
great.
For me i've had to live with mine all my
life, so I wasn't really surprised about
it, just relieved to know what I have.
I can do everything I need to do,
sometimes it can take a little bit longer
for me, & I need a little more help.
Bonnie
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juliek
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 Aug 2006 Posts: 3 Location: nc
Posted: 09-03-06 18:01pm
Thanks bonnie.
He just found out a few days ago and he
first had syptoms like 3 weeks ago.
The side of his face just got numb and he
had no energy, thats about it.
One of his eyes went kinda lazy and then
they just started running tests.
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bmd1981
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 5 Location: california
Posted: 09-03-06 18:54pm
Hi julie,
your welcome. I'm not really sure what to
say. Me, I haven't experienced any of
those things.
Are the drs. Really sure he has multiple
sclerosis?
I would suggest having an mri (magnetic
resonance imaging) done. That would be
something that would show abnormalities on
the brain. When I had my mri (magnetic
resonance imaging) done it showed some
abnormalities (leisons, white matter) on
my brain.
That would probably be the best thing to
do.
I really hope you & your friend find
out more about his condition &
hopefully his drs can help him out.
