what else can this be

[dakpolly]

have had all blood work all good   mra for vascular all good   cervical spine good  lumbar puncture good  .   mri of brain says multiple white spots of increasing intensity in both sides of white matter  1 old lesion in basil ganglia ,    my symptoms r legs feel very heavy  with pins and needles and cramps  also sometimes left arm   head feels like stuffed with cotton  problems with thinking and speech  double vison if using eyes very much   extreme fatigue   all this is worse some days   seeing ms nero   will not dignose    fell like im going crazy  im am 56yr   can u have ms with good lp and good cervical spine mri

[kwarendorf]

I'm 54 so Older doesn't count. I was diagnosed @51 and apparently I've had MS since I was 31 or so. I would continue to urge nyoun to seek a qualified secind opinion :-)

Kyle

[dakpolly]

I think its because im older but some of  these symptoms have been off and on for prob 10yr really bad last 2yr and I do fine on the physical things he has me do in office

[kwarendorf]

I am not a medical professional of any variety, but I do feel qualified to state the following. This alledged MS specialist needs to be replaced. I just finished walking 2.75 miles and I have SPMS. Too mobile? That may be the most astounding thing I've ever heard from a neuro.

Kyle

[dakpolly]

general prac dr is pos it is ms  . ms nero says sure something wrong but wont say ms  says I am to mobile.  my mother also had ms

[kwarendorf]

Hi DP - Welcome to the group.

The short answer is yes, you can have MS with a negative LP and clean cervical MRI.  Many of our friends here do not have unuque obands in their CSF.  And there is nothing in the McDonald criteria that says you have to have both brain and c-spine lesions. It says you need to have lesions in more that one place in your central nervous system. You seem to meet that criteria.

What do your doctors say?

Kyle