It’s been six years since my last episode, and I can proudly say I’m doing great! The lesions that brightly lit up my MRI when I was first diagnosed disappeared. And I’m mobile—really mobile.  Last month, I ran in the IL Masters Track championship and broke two meet records.

When I lost my eyesight in 2013 and there was a suspicion that I had MS, one of the first things I did was turn to the Internet to find someone, anyone who had conquered the disease.  I knew there wasn’t a cure, but there had to be people out there who were beating the odds. I’ve been an athlete for most of my life, and the thought of losing my mobility was like losing a piece of myself.  So I searched for people who had MS and ran like I did or were extremely active. I NEEDED these stories for inspiration.  Fortunately, I found them. There was a woman who ran a marathon in every state. Bless her for sharing her journey.  It inspired me and gave me hope.  If she could do it, I could too.

With that, I set out to try and find a ‘cure’ for this disease. I read books, spent countless hours researching causes and cures, trying to understand ways to address the disease at its root.   I met with neurologists, homeopathic physicians, acupuncturists, chiropractors, nutritionists—you name it.  The goal was to synthesize all of that information and find something that worked for me.

MS is different for every single person.  My story isn’t yours, but I hope that some of the things I did to live a better life with MS will help someone out there.

Finally, when I first started this blog, I did so anonymously.  At the time, I didn’t want anyone to know I had the disease because I wasn’t in the mood to pity myself, and I sure as hell didn’t want anyone else to pity me. I was also scared.  Fortunately, that’s not the case anymore.

My name is Kelley Bussey and I have MS.  This is my story.  #THISisMS