Hi Cindy,
I do have MS and AS. My neurologist told me she can't tell me for sure which symptoms are from MS and which symptoms are from AS. She said I do have MS all three tests they did came back positive for MS. That said I can still run. After the last MS attach about 2 and 1/2 years ago my running speed dropped (not that I am fast anyway). I am working to get that back.
I give my self a Avonex shot once a week. I don't like it, about 2 hours after the shot I start to feel sick. I feel wiped out for 24 hours after that. It has not been as bad the last couple of weeks. I was going to ask the doctor if I could quit taking it, but I went to an MS meeting where the leading MS doctor in this area said that they don't see as much disability now with the new drugs. I decided I had better stay on it. I do worry that if the insurance company stopped covering it I could not afford to take it any longer.
I know everyone gets there own version of MS, but the symptoms I had was, I was dizzy all the time. I could not run because my right leg would not hit correctly. I fell twice because my while walking because my right leg didn't move.
MS is not the end you just have to make adjustments. When I could not run I did the elliptical cross trainer. Since the diagnosis I have run a marathon, and many half marathons.
Good Luck
