Instead, he brushed off the pain, blaming it on exhaustion. After a performance, David says, “I took off my shoes, turned to my girlfriend, now wife, and told her that my feet felt like they were being crushed by a steamroller.”īut because his symptoms didn’t resemble his father’s, David didn’t associate them with MS. “As I got older, and his MS began to become more difficult for him physically, ultimately forcing him to leave the stage, I could tell how hard and painful it was for him, yet he always remained superoptimistic.”Īlan Osmond has primary-progressive multiple sclerosis, a less-common type of MS that causes a gradual worsening of neurological functioning, typically leading to significant physical disability and reduced mobility.ĭavid’s own optimism was tested in December 2005, when he began experiencing mysterious vision problems and intense pain. But as a child, I didn’t quite understand what that meant,” says David. Both men live with forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Charisma and musicality aren’t the only things David Osmond has in common with his father, Alan Osmond, a founding member of the iconic 1970s musical group The Osmonds.
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