Rochelle Roberts, who lives in Canada, was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis in 2020. She shares advice for those who are hesitant to begin new treatments.

Do your research. And don’t just trust the internet. Don’t just trust one doctor. Try to get a second opinion.

When you’re first diagnosed, one of the most amazing things you can do for yourself is assemble a team. And that team could be a variety of doctors, health practitioners, nurse practitioners who are all familiar with MS.

So for instance, I see a chiropractor and I see a massage therapist. They have both treated people who have MS.

So it’s something that you can do to ask as many questions as possible and to get as much information as possible so that you are well informed about what is the best treatment that is for you.

Treatments change. Your brain is going to change from one MRI to the next. They may decide to beef something up, they may decide to change and drop you down to something else.

So that’s one thing that you can acknowledge when you’re being treated, is that there is not just one blanket solution. It’s going to change as much as MS is going to change in your body.