

However, that has not dampened her competitive spirit. She said to herself, “We’ll see what happens, and you’ll manage it bit by bit.”īy 2005, Nathalie’s MS had progressed to the point of needing a wheelchair. So, she decided to stop comparing herself to others with MS. Her neurologist explained that the disease evolves differently for everyone, and her situation might end up being serious or very mild. “That glimpse of the future was direct and traumatic,” she says. However, learning more about the disease-and the realities of disease progression-scared her. “Because when you have signs and you don’t know why, it’s worse than knowing, in the end, what you have.” “Ultimately, the diagnosis was more of a relief, than a shock,” she says. Nathalie was a teenager and a competitive athlete when she noticed her first symptoms of MS, but it would take four years of “limbo” before she was diagnosed. Courtesy of Sanofi Nathalie - Pennes Mirabeau, France (diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis in 2002) Nathalie is an award-winning rower with multiple international titles. Gina says that while there’s still a lot of education about MS needed, she feels positive about the future of MS because there’s so much research being done. She’d soon learn she was experiencing optic neuritis-her first symptom of MS. When her youngest son was 4 months old, Gina started having problems with her eye. Courtesy of Sanofi Gina-Hamburg, Germany (diagnosed with relapsing multiple sclerosis in 2017) Their journeys demonstrate how MS can look different for different people and interestingly, how the language used to talk about the disease can greatly impact how people understand their realities. To better understand what navigating life with MS really looks like, three women shared their MS stories with us.

Some people with MS have mild symptoms that worsen slowly but sometimes improve, while others can have severe symptoms that drastically alter their daily lives.Īll people with MS share some things in common, however, such as the need to stay informed on the ever-evolving research, find various lines of support and try to remain hopeful as they continue living with the disease.

There’s no set pattern or standard progression of the disease, so each person’s experience is unique. the most happy bigly happy, the only real constant for people living with MS is change. I know that’s weird but it’s like…a different world for me. Ran our asses up the stairs for this shot. I know that’s weird but it’s like… a different world for me. Teigen, who revealed her decision to become sober in late December, shared a family photo at the Washington Monument earlier in the day, writing: “ran our asses up the stairs for this shot. for the event, along with her and Legend’s children. In response to a tweet from Trump saying, “It’s very sad that Republicans, even some that were carried over the lines on my back, do very little to protect their President,” Teigen wrote: “Lolllll no one likes you.” Teigen then shared a few days later that Trump had blocked her as a result of her reply.īiden’s follow of Teigen comes as her husband, John Legend, performed at Biden’s “Celebrating America” Inaugural concert on Wednesday night. Indeed, Teigen was blocked by former President Donald Trump in July 2017. Hello I have been blocked by the president for four years can I get a follow plz My heart oh my god lmao I can finally see the president’s tweets and they probably won’t be unhingedīiden’s action was most likely prompted by a tweet Teigen posted early Wednesday morning, in which she wrote: “Hello I have been blocked by the president for four years can I get a follow plz.”
