Challenges while obtaining an MS diagnosis

Mia breaks down the struggles that came with getting a diagnosis for multiple sclerosis.

Transcript

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I feel like majority of the health care providers that I went to, I feel like they failed me. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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It's the perception in the health care community that MS is a white woman's disease.

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A lot of doctors don't look at a person of color such as myself and say, OK, you have all the laundry

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list of different symptoms that a person would have with MS. I had been struggling with symptoms

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for years, the worst symptoms being horrible spasms in my lower back.

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I was misdiagnosed with a host of different issues. And it was difficult emotionally, physically.

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And some days, I wanted to give up. But ultimately, I'm a fighter. And so I was able to come out of that darkness

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that I experienced. [AUDIO LOGO]