Luis Lemus, who is now a multiple sclerosis advocate, says his family is a “big part” of his success. “Without them, who knows where I’d be?”
. People with MS have symptoms that include difficulty with balance, trouble walking, involuntary muscle spasms, fatigue, numbness and tingling, weakness, pain, cognitive changes and bladder and bowel issues. Some less common symptoms include speech problems, tremors, breathing issues, swallowing problems and seizures., Lemus says he could “do anything.” He explains, “I was a gym rat. I had a girlfriend. I was living a SoCal lifestyle.
When he started his job with a phone company, Lemus says he would easily climb 18-foot poles. “But then I would stumble, and even then, I didn’t think much of it,” he says. Lemus had recently lost 100 pounds, and simply attributed his unsteadiness to weight loss., his parents urged him to seek medical attention. Lemus’s mother, Blanca Rodriguez Lemus, took her son to see her foot doctor.“He looked at me dead in the face and just said, ‘This is not a foot problem.
Despite the diagnosis, Lemus and his family were determined not to let multiple sclerosis keep him from pursuing his dreams. “With my mom, she had the mantra of every day is a blessing,” Lemus says. “He got diagnosed and I said, ‘Wherever you want to go, I take you,’” Rodriguez Lemus tells Yahoo Lifestyle.Lemus eventually decided to go back to school and study journalism. His father, Ramon Rodriguez Lemus, tells Yahoo Lifestyle that he’s “proud” of his son. “I was happy. It was good for him.
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