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What Was It Like Being Diagnosed with MS at an Early Age?

What Was It Like Being Diagnosed with MS at an Early Age? (0:38)

When Healthmaker and journalist Richard Cohen was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, he didn't know exactly how to react because he didn't know much about the disease. Years later, he explains how he felt in this video.

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But, first of all I had a neurologist who thought it was just fine to call me up and just tell me over the telephone and in those days, they just sort of expression was diagnose and adios! I mean, there's nothing much we can do for you and I sat there alone, and I said to myself, I'm not going to react because I really don't know enough about the illness to react, and I'm still waiting to react.