Allison is an MS warrior from Toronto Canada who started her journey in April of 2022 when she woke up and was numb from the ribs down on her right side. The numbness lasted a few days and her primary doctor advised her to go to the ER. Allison immediately went to the ER and the doctors in the ER told her it was anxiety and sent her home with no tests or scans. Her primary doctor thought that didn't sound right so she set up multiple tests within the following couple months and Allison was told that she had MS. Allison then spent the next six months trying to figure out exactly what was going on when she had another episode in November of 2022 and was told she had an extremely aggressive form of RRMS. Allison and I have a great conversation about the fear we experienced when we received our diagnosis and how we handled it and we also discuss how we feel mental health therapy should be a part of our treatment early to help us understand our new life better. Allison shares the importance of her support system and we also discuss how we found each other on TikTok and how we use TikTok as a tool to help manage our disease. We also talk about her DMT path with Ocrevus and how she really didn't know anything about them like most of us new in this journey. Allison and I talk about attitude and our motivations to keep going and Allison also shares how she found love with a guy she reconnected with after her diagnosis and how he has been there for her ever since. Allison is absolutely amazing to talk to about how she will never give up the fight with her MS. Allison, thank you so much for sharing your journey with me and help to understand living with chronic disease better. Ignorance is a choice! FUMS!

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