Awaiting results, question about timeline
Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 4:52 pm
I'm awaiting my MRI results (performed yesterday) and I had a question about how long some of you may have had MS before an actual DX. I've had a number of symptoms for many years but this is the first that we are actually investigating the possibility of MS. I've never been prone to going to the doctors and when I did some things never crossed my mind as symptoms, I just chalked it up to normal aging aches and pains. Now that MS is possible a lot of what I've dealt with falls right into the list of symptoms. For example, 15 years ago I had massive chest pain. After they ruled out my heart they just said they didn't know what it was but that it wasn't a heart attack. Throughout the last 15 years I would still get these episodes and now in doing research I find the 'MS hug' which describes perfectly what I experience. I've had face numbness that I've had for 3 years but the last doctor ignored and it has been increasing in intensity. Lots of other various symptoms that don't go away as I get older.
So, I guess my question is has anyone else went a long time before their DX of MS? What is your story? What prompted the final DX? Any side effects of going undiagnosed for so long? At 50 years old I'm looking at a possible DX of something I may have had for over 15 years!
So, I guess my question is has anyone else went a long time before their DX of MS? What is your story? What prompted the final DX? Any side effects of going undiagnosed for so long? At 50 years old I'm looking at a possible DX of something I may have had for over 15 years!