VEP

HI EVERYONE! I AM NEW HERE SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME. YEARS AGO, I HAD OPTIC NEURITIS WAS DX WITH POSSIBLE MS.  MY VEP WAS ABNORMAL IN RT EYE; I CHOSE NOT TO CONTINUE WITH NEURO'S DUE TO HOW DISMISSIVE THEY ARE AND WENT ON WITH MY LIFE.  I WON'T GO INTO EVERYTHING ELSE BUT WAS RECENTLY ILL AND HAD ANOTHER FLARE UP OF ON.  MY EYE DOC INSISTED ON VEP AND THAT CAME BACK TODAY AS ABNORMAL IN BOTH EYES AND NOW THE LEFT IS SLOWER.  THEY DIAGNOSED ME WITH MS. I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS POSSIBLE SO I THOUGHT I WOULD ASK THE EXPERTS.  HAVEN'T HAD A BRAIN MRI IN 10 YEARS SO I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW THIS DX COULD BE GIVEN.  THANKS!

[figuerpa]

I THINK IT IS TIME TO SCHEDULE ANOTHER NEURO EXAM AS WELL. SINCE THEY SAID YOU HAVE MS YOU SHOULD GET CHECKED OUT BY A NEURO SO THEY CAN START YOU ON THE DMD'S (DISEASE MODIFYING DRUGS)

I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK AND PLEASE STAY AROUND AND KEEP US INFORMED OF WHAT IS GOING ON. YOU HAVE FOUND A WONDERFUL SUPPORT SYSTEM WITH THIS BOARD. IT IS LIKE FINDING A NEW FAMILY.

TAKE CARE,
PAULA

[Lulu54]

THE RULES THAT ARE FOLLOWED TO DX MS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.  YOU HAVE TWO EPISODES OF OPTIC NEURITIS, WHAT WERE YOUR OTHER SYMPTOMS?  DID THE DOCTOR DO A NEUROLOGICAL EXAM?

WELCOME TO THE FORUM - WE LOVE OUR NEW PEOPLE ASKING QUESTIONS.
BEST,
LULU

[BlackCatz]

THANK YOU SO MUCH, LULU! I FEEL SO SILLY BUT I AM IN SHOCK. I HAVEN'T HAD A NEURO EXAM IN OVER 10 YEARS. I WENT ON AND LEARNED TO IGNORE THINGS. I USED TO RACEWALK 5.2 MILES AN HOUR BUT THEN SUFFERED A HORRIBLE BACK INJURY AND HAVE SEVERE SPINAL STENOSIS. I HAD A YEAR OF UNEXPLAINED DIZZINIES THAT JUST STOPPED.. I ALSO HAVE A SLIGHTLY LAZY EYE THAT ACTS UP AND THEN STOPS AND OF COURSE THE NUMBNESS AND OTHER SENSORY SYMPTOMS.  I WAS LEFT WITH ACCUITY ISSUES AND ALSO HAD UVEITIS. I ALSO COULDN'T WALK WELL DURING THE BACK INJURY SO I HAVE TWO DIFFERENT SIZED LEGS. I ALMOST ALWAYS GET CARPAL TUNNEL IN THE SPRING TOO! I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT THANKS BLACKCATZ

[figuerpa]

I THINK IT IS TIME TO SCHEDULE ANOTHER NEURO EXAM AS WELL. SINCE THEY SAID YOU HAVE MS YOU SHOULD GET CHECKED OUT BY A NEURO SO THEY CAN START YOU ON THE DMD'S (DISEASE MODIFYING DRUGS)

I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK AND PLEASE STAY AROUND AND KEEP US INFORMED OF WHAT IS GOING ON. YOU HAVE FOUND A WONDERFUL SUPPORT SYSTEM WITH THIS BOARD. IT IS LIKE FINDING A NEW FAMILY.

TAKE CARE,
PAULA