do i have MS

[wolfie65]

i was hospitalized in may of this year ( 2015) for 5 days for severe headaches and numbness and tingling on my right side and trouble walking I had a mri and a spinal tap done then couple weeks later a evoked potential test of my optic nerves im still having the same symptoms 3 months later dr keeps bring up the words MS but hasn't really given me a conclusive diagnosis my question is does this sound like MS???

[supermum_ms]

Your welcome :D

If you are asking if an MRI of the cervical spine is normal testing, then it usually depends on what the individual's symptoms are and if there are any abnormal clinical spinal related signs, as to if a spinal MRI is necessary or not.

Considering you have "numbness and tingling on my right side and trouble walking" that has persisted, then yes a spinal MRI would be a normal test, because there 'could be' a spinal explanation, in regards to MS that would be spinal cord lesion(s).

Cheers........JJ  

[wolfie65]

hi thank you for the warm welcome  the mri showed a lesion on left side of brain which I was told would affect my right side and I noticed that when I get hot the headaches and tingling gets worse vision in my right eye is blurry it gets very frustrating at times this past Tuesday I had a mri of my cervical spine still waiting on results from that test . my question is ..  is that a normal testing for the diagnosis this is all new to me

[supermum_ms]

Hi and welcome to our little MS community,

Migraines episode can mimic symptoms of MS but because your symptoms of unilateral numbness and tingling has not changed in 3 months, it's more suggestive of neurological conditions like MS, so imho MS would have to be possible but MS wouldn't be the only possibility...  

MS is more than just the 'symptoms' you experience though, for MS to be high on your list of possible causes, you'd need to have abnormal neurological clinical signs, MS suggestive or consistent brain and or spinal MRI's, as well as other corroborating diagnostic evidence eg VEP, LP etc  

Do you know what abnormal test evidence that is suggestive or consistent with MS that you have is?

Cheers.........JJ