M. J. Hyland Quotes

I sometimes lament the fact that I do not have the benefit of a complete and ailment free body structure.

This disease leaves people bedridden. I've gone through phases where I couldn't roll over in bed. I couldn't speak. To have it called 'fatigue' is a gross misnomer.

I can't dance anymore. Total knee replacements. I can't do anything anymore.

MS is terrible for anybody, and all of the stories are important.

I'm 58 years old and I just went through 8 back surgeries. They started cutting on me in February 2009, and I was basically bed ridden for almost two years. I got a real dose of reality that if you don't have your health, you don't have anything.

I think many people with a chronic illness would prefer not to have their chronic illness, simply because it's high maintenance.

My illness is excruciating and difficult to cope with. It takes over your entire life and causes more suffering than I can describe.

I think there are a lot of myths about MS, and it may have affected my career.

I don't know if many people know this about me, but I have multiple sclerosis. So I don't have time for a lot of shades of gray. I don't have time for BS.

Having been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998, and I am continually amazed by the level of support I receive from individuals across the country.

My mother had multiple sclerosis.

About six years ago my family was affected by multiple sclerosis.

I have a form of Parkinson's disease, which I don't like. My legs don't move when my brain tells them to. It's very frustrating.

The biggest problem has been exhaustion. I've spent about 6 of the last 14 years completely bedridden.

I continually still fight every day for my life, not only still battling mental health problems but battling multiple sclerosis, which also has depression as one of its side effects.

I got really, really sick with a horrible disease called transverse myelitis; I lost my legs. I couldn't play anymore. It was a form of multiple sclerosis, which I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.

There is very little magic in the world of the chronically ill.

The life of any chronically ill person becomes extremely isolating.

I have the problems of, I must confess, old age.

Autism is a very serious condition.

Many people with dyslexia truly suffer, and their lives are worse off for having had that disability.

Seventy-five percent of MS sufferers are women.

Everywhere I go people come up to me, they mob me - anyone who has MS or has a relative with MS - they come up and hug and cry.

We are paying the price for living longer, collecting degenerative diseases along the way. Cancer is only one. Others are heart and brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinsons.

I've never once heard my mom complain about her stroke.