Sarah is an MS warrior originally from Canada that currently lives in Spain who started her MS journey in 1995 when she was 20 years old. Sarah experienced extremely heavy legs one day walking home from school. She told her mom when she got home and her mom took her to a doctor and Sarah was diagnosed with scoliosis. Six months later, Sarah was in school taking a chemistry exam when her right hand went numb. The next day when Sarah woke up her whole right side of her body was numb and she struggled to walk. Sarah was taken to the ER to be seen and was told to take a Tylenol and go home. Sarah tells me how she learned quick to advocate for herself after it took four doctors and a year to finally diagnose her with MS. Sarah and I have a great conversation about how our family had to learn about our diagnosis because we were the first to be diagnosed with MS and how we learned about the disease without having the internet around in the 90's. We talk about the mental health part of the diagnosis as well as the importance of finding a community. Sarah and I also get into an amazing conversation about how she met her husband online and how he accepted her MS and has been at her side through everything MS dished out for 30 years. Sarah explains her mobility aid journey and we discuss how we struggled mentally using aids because we want to stay independent and how we learned to use them as tools to live the best life we can. Sarah is amazing with how she spreads awareness about living with MS on TikTok. If you want to connect with Sarah you can find her @Sarah @user17386233. Sarah thank you for sharing your journey with me to help understand living with MS better. FUMS!

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