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lyndacarol: As much as I loathe the idea of more blood being drawn from these pitiful veins....I will ask my GP for the test. What everyday symptoms would someone have that has a problem with insulin? If my results come back off, is that the same thing as saying I am a diabetic? Or what would it mea...

patientx: My spinal MRI's are "pristine" , although it is only a 1.5T, maybe I should push for a 3T. And my MS neuro did the blood test for NMO and it was negative. he said it is about 75% accurate, but that 25% of people with NMO don't have the antibodies so I guess like MS it can't ever ...

Thanks for the replies. patientx: yes, I have a neuro=opthalmologist that see asap whenever I get optic neuritis. he is big on the optic neuritis treatmenet trials that say teroids don't change the final outcome so we just wait it out. usually takes 12 weeks to resolve itself as much as it's going t...

Thanks so much for the replies. I should have mentioned I've also seen 2 additional neurologists who are not MS specialists in between the MS specialists visits. One did not know but said whatever it was was out of his area (?) and the other decided I must have migraines!! Seriously. So I've chosen ...

Hello all, I am just about out of my mind with symptoms 24/7 and NO diagnosis. I am not a doctor but I swear, eveything I'm experiencing or have experienced points to MS. But since my spinal tap and MRI's are clear, I'm told we can't say it's MS. This is by an MS specialist - I've seen 2, they both ...