Hi,
I'm currently in the process of being scanned apparently for MS. Currently I've got a diagnosis of optic neuritis which was confirmed by my first brain MRI, and they also suspect from this that there's a lesion in my c spine (I've just had another scan 3 months on and am waiting for the results). My brain itself was clear.
Other symptoms include my right leg going numb for a month or so, and possibly something strage with my balance whereby I felt like I was being pulled to the right whenever I was trying to walk somewhere (I've no idea if this is even a possible symptom of MS - it was most probably some sort of virus as it only lasted about a week). That's it really, other than a kind of numbness in the fingers of my left hand.
Over the last 5 weeks or so I've been getting a tingling sensation in my left leg. It's been fairly non consistent in its behaviour - for a week or so it was there all the time at a low level, and since then it seems to be worse if I'm lying down, but is most noticeable after I've been walking. I don't notice it when walking, but as soon as I stop, especially if the walk has lasted over 10 min, the pins and needles feeling is quite strong.
Does this sound like a symptom? I'm going to see the neuro a week on Thurs, so I'm sure he'll be able to fill me in, but my curiosity is getting the better of me. I've also been trying to self diagnose based on the pics I got of my last scan, but I've come to the conclusion I can make neither head nor tail of it (but I can verify that there are no blatently obvious lesions in my spine :) )
Thanks for your help,
Jep