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So someone was talking about Vitamin D... I think it is important to ask for a vitamin D blood test (the "25-hydroxy D" test) to be included – this is not routinely done, it must be specifically requested. Even living in Dallas (the sunny South!), you can be deficient. Over 1/2 of the worl...

Well, the initial MRI (no contrast) was completely clean on the MS front, but I had multiple bulging disks, including spondylosis in the cervical back, and spondylolisthesis (with pars defect, rotation, and a cyst) in the lumbar. Bloodwork (just vitamin Bs and one other) were good. I saw both a neur...

Ok. Whatever is going on isn't staying static. Now my lower back is very angry. Not numb or tingly just feels like my lower back is out of whack. Probably doesn't help much diagnostically. Could be MS causing it, or could indicate I have back issues which actually are causing the other problems...

I'm a 44 year old male in good health. I exercise regularly. My mother has has MS for 33 years. For the past several months I've felt I've had issues with my gait when running. I noticed it quite a bit last Thursday. I happen to have recently read about an injured football player with drop foot, and...