My comment after watching the video: you always give us a positive energy dear Lauren you are a strong person. Honestly, I don’t tell anyone that I have MS , only my family and one of my best friends who knows.

Hi there,glad to hear your update!

hi! came across to your video and it really interesting. got my MS in early 2021. I do work as an software developer cause I can't do physical work. I’m really happy to came across to this video, it really help me to stay strong and believe in myself that I can go trough with MS, thank you!!

Like before watching the video , nice to see you dear Lauren , GOD bless you

Bless you for sharing. I'm so fortunate to have found your channel. God bless and stay strong.

Great to hear your update, sorry that your dream job ended. :( I hid my MS from people I worked with for 8 years back in 2007 & only boss knew. Mine was in HR & as years went by it became difficult to keep up with essential duties of my role as a Manager. I worked at another place & then as a Contractor for awhile. So many more opportunities are available now to work at home in many different industries. I think u will land on your feet (or computer lol) in a career that meets what u are looking for. Use your connections to land/hear about something new. Good luck.

Lauren, it's great to see you (albeit virtually) and thank you for sharing your vulnerability and lived experience on a very important topic that is not often discussed - MS Disclosure and it's impact on employment. This year at ACTRIMS, A study by Anne Kever, PhD was presented which highlighted the association between multiple sclerosis diagnosis disclosure and concealment behaviors with increased anxiety and depression. Very interesting study and findings if the topic interests you. Also, the NMSS has some great resources that also addresses this topic. Sincerely, thank you for being such a valuable resource to the larger MS community. You are just wonderful, and I hope you are exceptionally well :)

I'm happy to see you're still making videos :)

I work with my husband, so of course he knows about my MS.🙂 Nobody would know I have MS by looking at me unless it was a hot day or they saw me get out of a hot shower because my legs get shaky when I’m overheated. I do struggle with brain fog and fatigue, so I have a hard time staying on track with work. Luckily, we’ve been working at home for a few years before the pandemic, so the pandemic didn’t change the way we work. If I had an outside job I would have quit to stay safe. I’m afraid of Covid causing a relapse so we’ve been very careful. I get my second dose of the vaccine in a few days and then our whole household is fully vaccinated. It’s great to see an update from you!

Thankyou for the upload Lauren you are amazing and always with a positive. My partner has MS for about 6 years and on tysabri infusions she told her employer when she was first diognosed... She has cut down her hours from 30 hours a week to 15 hours as her job is very demanding.

Hi Lauren .. it's always good to see you , and I'm happy to hear that your doing well.. . finding your place in life isn't easy with all the challenges we face, but it's not impassable nether . you just need to look deep into your interests and choose something your pationat about. Mine is language translation , it's easy , simple,pays good,and i can do it from the comfort of my house . Good luck 👋🌹

i took my last job in 2001, which i fell in love with, working with people that have been there 30 and 40 years, over time i told them and my boss was very supportive, he retired and we have a new regime now for the last 5 years and it has become very stressful and not as enjoyable, but i have 6 years til my retirement is vested so i'm gonna try to hang in there, great subject Lauren!

you're so beautiful n I don't tell a lot of people about MS, like to keep it lowkey you know. I have my issues but it's alright

I just got my diagnosis yesterday after I came to the Emergency Room because couldn't keep doing what I was doing which was Truck Driving. Before I became a driver I was in the health care industry myself and I have a mother who is a retired Nurse so even with the background in health care it wasn't discovered that is what it was because back in 2018 I had an MRI done and had two ruptured disc in my back and they wanted me to get a Spinal Fusion done but with the experience in the health care industry I didn't want to do that because my experience with anyone getting anything to where they put unnatural things in your body is not good so I put it off until 2021 when I started having balance issues and losing strength and getting dizzy. I was thinking this was all coming from my nerves being pinched because of my spine because when you have spinal issues bone spurs begin to grow and start to pinch your nerves so that is what I thought all of this was coming from so I ended up having a surgery what they call a laminectomy which is all they do is it's a minimally invasive surgery where they scrape off the bone spurs that are pinching your nerves so I was thinking after this I would start to feel better unfortunately I just kept getting worse so that is why I came to the emergency room and I thank God there was a lady doctor here and she already knew more than likely what it was so she did CAT scan drew Blood and urine so after that she came back with saying she it is MS and she got in touch with the on call Neurologist and now going to test me more so I can have all the documents to file for Disability. I will say I am not ready to give up my Independence and I am not that old so I'm looking into everything I can that I can be able to do to continue to work and I am glad you mentioned about the shoe or whatever for your left side because I have that same issue with my left leg so I will be looking into that and thank you for mentioning it and I have subscribed to your Channel, have a Blessed Christmas and I pray the Lord gives us wisdom, knowledge and Power to get through this.

Lauren parrot you're f****** awesome and strong!❤️❤️🖤🤘🏻

You are brave and I wonder if you were diagnosed in 2007...??? Please breathe and smile as you respond... Thanks much...

a great video thank you for sharing your story! Luckily / unluckily I was working while getting my diagnosis for MS. this has not affected my employment and working with my HR department they have actually help me with my work. I do wonder if I was diagnosed before or if I needed a new job now how it would be with my diagnosis

HarmonicaPants I was diagnosed in 2001 when I was a Junior in High school. I was outgoing, multiple jobs, was getting A's in school, did professional ballroom dancing. After HS I went to college, graduated and was a manager. After only a few months my body gave out, a couple weeks went by, and now I had to retire. I had been using a ca...e for years now.......I get blessed to marry my best friend (she has known of my MS). Just a few years ago my RRMS got so bad my Nero had me in in-patient for a month, I was then given the new diagnosis essive of SPMS and with that I got a power wheelchair! (Sorry kids, it's not as nifty as the hot wheels we played with as a kid). Now I get doubly blessed to not only have SPMS, but Doctors have found I have CIDP. Anybody know what the odds are of that?

I know this video is old but I wanted to let you know that I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in December of 2022 after going to the hospital because I had back surgery due to my L4 and L5 so I had a Lumber Laminectomy done July 14th but after I still was having balance, fatigue and blurry vision issues which I thought would have been fixed when I had the Surgery but it wasn't. At the hospital I told them my symptoms so the doctor ordered lab work and did a CT scan and she transferred me to another hospital where they did MRI'S and more lab work, the Nuerologist came in and said I had lesions on my brain and it looked like Multiple Sclerosis. Well, fast forward I have had been having more issues with balance, walking and Cognitive issues so I kept researching everything and I have to let you know I was a Medical Assistant and my mother is a retired Nurse, well I heard about taking Vitamin D3 in high doses to help with Multiple Sclerosis it started with a Doctor in Brazil and it is called the Coimbra Protocol. I don't take the high doses like it was talking about because you really need to be in close care with your doctor to do that but I have been taking 5,000 IU of D3 and 600mg Calcium with 125mcg D3 and I have been seeing a big difference in my fatigue, cognition and walking so I wanted to share and also I am not on any DMT yet.

hi are you still doing videos?

Whatever I said that made you delete my comment, I'm sorry.