You're Not Alone
Reviewed by Poonam Sachdev on February 18, 2022
Video Transcript
Ardra Shephard: After I was
diagnosed,
I tried to learn as much as I
could about MS. I wanted all
the information.
I remember going to an MS
support group, and that was
very, very scary.
I remember it being in this kind
of dark, low-lit room with,
like, really bad snacks,
like stale cookies
and bad coffee,
and everyone just sitting
in this circle looking
sick and sad.
And I just felt like, this is
my future.
I totally freaked out.
There was one girl there, and it was her first time going to the meeting also. She was about the same age as me. And we exchanged numbers and connected, and that was really important because, I mean, we're still close today. And I can't stress enough how important it is to find people that are going through the same thing that you're going through, but also at the same stage that you're at.
MS manifests in so many different ways, and it changes so much throughout the years. It's important to kind of find your tribe where you're at, when you're at it. So she was like me, in her early 20s, figuring out relationships and career and, like, what -- where your life's going. We needed each other.
There was one girl there, and it was her first time going to the meeting also. She was about the same age as me. And we exchanged numbers and connected, and that was really important because, I mean, we're still close today. And I can't stress enough how important it is to find people that are going through the same thing that you're going through, but also at the same stage that you're at.
MS manifests in so many different ways, and it changes so much throughout the years. It's important to kind of find your tribe where you're at, when you're at it. So she was like me, in her early 20s, figuring out relationships and career and, like, what -- where your life's going. We needed each other.