My husband was a police officer forced into an early retirement because he has Multiple Sclerosis.  He was a police tactical firearms instructor and is a great and willing resource for me.  He always encourages me to keep writing.  We will celebrate our thirty-eighth anniversary in July of this year.  His MS has gone from relapsing remitting to secondary progressive.  Although walking is difficult for him, he still tries to do some of the yard work, thank heavens for riding mowers.

     He had Relapsing-Remitting MS (RRMS) for a long time.  His diagnosis changed several years ago to Secondary-Progressive MS (SPMS).

     This is Bayer Health’s description of Secondary-Progressive MS (SPMS).  In SPMS, symptoms worsen more steadily over time, with or without the occurrence of relapses and remissions.  Before disease-modifying therapies became available, historical studies indicated that about 50% of people with RRMS progressed to SPMS approximately 10 years after their first diagnosis.  Long-term data are not yet available to determine if treatment significantly delays this transition

 (The picture of him at the top of this post is a few years old.)