How MS Effects My Family and I

How MS Effects My Family and I

Multiple Sclerosis effects more than just person that has it. MS easily effects friends and family of the person the disease. One way if affected me and my family is that sometimes we had to go and help our mom get around the house because of her pain. There are other times where she would be in so much pain that we had to go and get stuff for her and take it back to her. For the days that she was able to get up and move around herself, she would still need help with lifting heavy things or moving stuff around.

 

Another way it effected us was that her short-term memory got pretty bad that we would have to keep track of things that needed to be done and/or things that we had to get from the store. For all of the important data she'd have to remember, she would have to write it down on paper so whenever she needed to know it, she wouldn't have to worry about knowing it by heart.

 

Another way it would affect us is that if we had to go somewhere, we would always start preparing earlier because of how my mom takes longer to do simple things. As an example if we had a doctor's appointment at 10 am and it is a half an hour drive to get there, then we would be getting ready around 9 am. Due to her MS, we would then get ready earlier so that we would be ready to leave by 9:30 am.

Statistics and Celebrities that have MS

Statistics

The total number of people worldwide with Multiple Sclerosis is 2,500,000. The total number of people in the United States with Multiple Sclerosis is approximately between 250,000 to 350,000. Approximately 200 new cases are diagnosed each week. Whites are more than twice as likely as other races to develop MS. Most people experience their first symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis between the ages of 20 and 40. The average age of someone that is diagnosed with MS is 37. The average lifetime treatment cost is 1.2 million dollars. The amount of people in the US above the 37th parallel line is 125 of 100,000. The amount of people in the US below the 37th parallel line is 65 of 100,000. The  ratio of multiple sclerosis of women to men is 1/7. The top five countries with the most deaths because of Multiple Sclerosis are the United States, Germany, Poland, Canada, and Brazil. The United States has the most out of the top five with 2,844.

Celebrities with Multiple Sclerosis

There are multiple celebrities that have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Some well known celebrities that've been diagnosed with it are Jack Osborne, Montel Williams, and Clay Walker. Some other celebrities are Ann Romney, Michaele Salahi, and Richard Cohen.