Here is my solo for the #WorldMSDayNailCollab I have Multiple Sclerosis and am currently diagnosed with Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis, which means that the disease progresses steadily but I may still have the odd relapse. My symptoms started in 2009 when i was 23 with optic neuritis but when I spoke to the doctor about it they told me to speak to my optician, and my optician told me that it was happening because I was drinking too many fizzy drinks! I know, can’t make it up. Anyway, that was the start to a very difficult road to diagnosis where in the end I actually worked out that I had it and told my doctor that I wanted to be tested for it. And in August 2015 I was finally diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis based on MRIs and a lumbar puncture. In 2016 I had my biggest ever relapse where my legs and arms stopped working, which lead to a really low point for my mental health and a long road to recovery, my legs still don’t work that well. Since then things have steadily been getting worse and more difficult. But I’m still here, and still fighting. (This is obviously a very condensed version of the last 11 years and dealing with this disease). Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common disabling neurological disease of young adults in the UK. Over 100,000 people in the UK have MS and it effects over 2,000,000 more worldwide. Approximately 120 people per 100,000 in England have the disease It is not considered a terminal illness and it is not contagious. Most people are diagnosed with MS in their 20s and 30s affecting more women than men. Multiple sclerosis is not inherited, but family members do have a slightly higher risk of developing MS. Although we can not predict exactly how MS will affect each person many people with MS live as long as anyone else. There is no cure, but there is always hope 🎗🧡 #worldmsday #msconnections #iconnectweconnect #worldmsdaynailcollab #msawareness #multiplesclerosis #msawarenessnails https://www.instagram.com/p/CAz3SQmjCVJ/?igshid=uomo9u2uu2au
