re: Scared to death of my likely diagnosis

My dad was diagnosed with MS around 7-8 years ago while he was in his mid-50s. He stated over the years he noticed one of feet sometimes would start dragging and he would develop tightness in his legs. He describes the feeling when he wakes up every morning as if someone ran a marathon with his legs while he was sleeping.

Fast forward to today, he has been on medicaid receiving disability insurance to help pay for the weekly shot he gives himself in order to slow down the progression of MS. He walks with a cane and can barely walk 50 ft, and it takes him sometime to even make it that far. All the doctors he has seen tells him there is no cure for MS, only trial medication to slow down the progression.

If you receive an MS diagnosis I can put you in touch with my dad just to to talk to him. I wish I could say I understand his frustration, but I never will. At the end of the day I'm glad this is not cancer or some other bastard illness and I still get to do things with my dad.