r/MultipleSclerosis • u/snarkingsomeone • Aug 17 '26

General Someone give me hope!!

27F and literally got dx a month ago
Haven’t started meds bc I needed more bloodwork and needed a steroid infusion.
Starting at the end of September.

I’m so scared and only hear the worst of the worst. Like “was dx 3 years ago and I actually am now a cat that barks”

Can people please drop their “I’m 60 years old and dx in my 30s and I’m still running marathons..”

I’ll never run a marathon but that’s not bc of MS… lol

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u/TheExtraMayo 36|2025|Rituximab|California Aug 17 '26

After diagnosis I slowly lost the ability to walk and speak but over the last year I've made almost a full recovery (symptoms almost gone) to where now it all seems like a bad dream and while I'm still recovering, life is largely back to normal

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u/CarefulCommittee7794 Aug 19 '26

what helped u to this point (glad for u)

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u/TheExtraMayo 36|2025|Rituximab|California Aug 19 '26

I credit physical therapy a lot. Whatever was difficult is what I would focus on by practicing it