My Multiple Sclerosis

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My multiple sclerosis has been progressing and causing me bladder and bowel issues. I also am having much more problems with my memory and cognition. I feel as if my depression is getting worse as well. My mobility has been a big problem on certain days, and I am not able to predict when these problems will arise. I am having a very hard time attending school no due to increasing fatigue.

I was told by doctors when I was 14 years of age that after doing a spinal tap I was suspected to have multiple sclerosis. My mother told me they were wrong and she didn’t trust doctors. For many years I experienced both mild and severe neurological symptoms that I did not have evaluated or treated. I don’t know how to prove without medical evidence that

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