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Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 11:06 am
Hi everyone. I've been diagnosed for a few years with RRMS and have had symptoms for many years. It took a long time to
diagnose me as I do not have large lesions, just small ones, and was told I was too old to have ms and that I was making up
my symptoms. I fired those neurologists. I kept trying to find a neurologist that would at least look at the fact that I might
have ms. I was very familiar with the symptoms. My mother has had ms for 50 years, my sister has ms, my older sister has
been tested, and my first cousin on my mother's side has ms. I didn't go looking for ms...who does that! After 7 years and
tons of tests that ruled out everything else, I finally found a Neurologist that believed in looking at the genetic link.
I believe it was last year that scientists said they had found more ms markers.
Finding the genetic information really helped me a lot. However, my ms has been getting worse and I am now looking
online for a wheelchair. I don't know if I really need it right now, but I have fallen a lot and last month fell and fractured my
foot. When do we give in and get one? I tend to hold out for too long, at least I think I do.
I feel for all of you.
diagnose me as I do not have large lesions, just small ones, and was told I was too old to have ms and that I was making up
my symptoms. I fired those neurologists. I kept trying to find a neurologist that would at least look at the fact that I might
have ms. I was very familiar with the symptoms. My mother has had ms for 50 years, my sister has ms, my older sister has
been tested, and my first cousin on my mother's side has ms. I didn't go looking for ms...who does that! After 7 years and
tons of tests that ruled out everything else, I finally found a Neurologist that believed in looking at the genetic link.
I believe it was last year that scientists said they had found more ms markers.
Finding the genetic information really helped me a lot. However, my ms has been getting worse and I am now looking
online for a wheelchair. I don't know if I really need it right now, but I have fallen a lot and last month fell and fractured my
foot. When do we give in and get one? I tend to hold out for too long, at least I think I do.
I feel for all of you.