Blindness finally revealed the hidden cause of my fatigue: MS | Penny Anderson

Multiple sclerosis is difficult to diagnose, but a less-than-caring response from healthcare professionals made the job even harder

It all began when I couldn’t wake up one morning. As a freelance music journalist in the early 1990s, torpor seemed an unavoidable consequence of fun times (too many gigs, too many indulgent late nights). But this was different: I could never wake up, and I slept into the early afternoon for weeks, then months on end. Walking along the street became onerous: I lacked both strength and energy.

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