New Lesions? How often?
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:35 am
Hi...I got my tentative diagnosis (clinically isolated syndrome/ms) in 05/2011.
* The liquor analysis was positive (oligoclonal bands, but of no intrathecal IgG synthesis)
* 2 small (3mm and 9mm) lesions in the MRI + inflammed optic nerve.
(additionally I'm young, female, the optic neuritis was severe but resolved for 99%....all the good prognostic factors...)
I didn't start a CRAB treatment (but took antibiotics for a while to exclude lyme)
Since may 2011 I got 3 more MRIs (July '11, November '11, June '12), without any disease progression (and I feel great and healthy)
There are so many people telling me, that the first five years are largely predictive of the progression...and that usually more attacks happen during the first years.
How common is it, that there's no disease progression during the first year after diagnosis?
I can only remember that my neurologist was really, really surprised when the MRI (11/2011) was "clean". (Haven't informed her about the new results yet).
Butter
* The liquor analysis was positive (oligoclonal bands, but of no intrathecal IgG synthesis)
* 2 small (3mm and 9mm) lesions in the MRI + inflammed optic nerve.
(additionally I'm young, female, the optic neuritis was severe but resolved for 99%....all the good prognostic factors...)
I didn't start a CRAB treatment (but took antibiotics for a while to exclude lyme)
Since may 2011 I got 3 more MRIs (July '11, November '11, June '12), without any disease progression (and I feel great and healthy)
There are so many people telling me, that the first five years are largely predictive of the progression...and that usually more attacks happen during the first years.
How common is it, that there's no disease progression during the first year after diagnosis?
I can only remember that my neurologist was really, really surprised when the MRI (11/2011) was "clean". (Haven't informed her about the new results yet).
Butter