Hello! Newly diagnosed and new to this site
Hello! Newly diagnosed and new to this site
Hi! I'm a 26 year old US immigrant in Canada and I was just diagnosed with MS in January. I've had symptoms since 2010 but in June began having trouble walking. I'm now confined to a wheelchair and I don't go in to the neurologist until March 17th (which is, admittedly, very close ^^). I've attempted to join other communities but haven't found them helpful. After perusing this one a bit before joining, however, I think this will be different. I look forward to learning a ton from all of you!
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Re: Hello! Newly diagnosed and new to this site
Welcome to ThisIsMS, folclor. We are glad you found us. We hope we can be helpful to you.folclor wrote:Hi! I'm a 26 year old US immigrant in Canada and I was just diagnosed with MS in January. I've had symptoms since 2010 but in June began having trouble walking. I'm now confined to a wheelchair and I don't go in to the neurologist until March 17th (which is, admittedly, very close ^^). I've attempted to join other communities but haven't found them helpful. After perusing this one a bit before joining, however, I think this will be different. I look forward to learning a ton from all of you!
In your journey to an MS diagnosis, if you were not tested for your vitamin D level, please request that your neurologist order the "25-hydroxy D" blood test. The test is not expensive (about $50 in the US); many experts think that this test should be done as commonly as blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol testing is.
If you had the vitamin D test, I am curious to know your actual test result number.
More than 1/2 of the world's population is deficient in vitamin D; people in Canada are at special risk. Vitamin D deficiency can manifest with neurological symptoms. I think this possibility is important to check out.
A person can have more than one problem at a time – it is possible to have MS and nutrient deficiencies at the same time.
Re: Hello! Newly diagnosed and new to this site
They don't actually do the vitamin D test often in Northern Alberta as it's simply assumed we have low vitamin D, so I'm on 3,000 IU a day and have been since I lived in Texas. But, yeah, I had that test in Texas before and my levels were extremely low.