New here...with questions

[christysms]

question?

Hey and welcome to MSWorld!! I'm sorry you have this awful disease!! But glad you joined!! I'm 27 so I don't know about the late onset. But I have lots of nerve damage and pain and muscle spasms is my biggest complaint with this disease.

Have you had any nerve testing done?? To see if that could be part of the back problem?? I've heard alot of people say they got to chose their 1st meds, I did not. I was put on Rebif and wasn't given an option.

Are you comfortable with you're neuro?? I would get a second opion....I would ask for you're records and go to another neuro before starting any meds, just to dot all your i's and cross all your t's!!

I hope you get to feeling better and just take this a day at a time, I know how much of any information overload it can be at first!! Take everything a day at time!!

hi,
as i was reading a few post here i notice that you where around my age and was put on rebif as was myself. i just started in end of april first of may. i have a few questions if you dont mind. have you have another mri since being on rebif? what did it show, meaning less lesions, shrinked lesions, or more lesions? and finally can you tell a differnce?

thanks,
christy

[wildhorse]

Back

Hello

I was reading what you wrote about back pain. I too have lower back pain. One of my MRI revealed that I have a degentive artritis in my back. My spine MRI didnt show any leasions. Im 36yr old female and I was just diagnosed last August with MS. I am currently on Avonex.

I hope this helps.

Wildhorse

[salamandertom]

Hi, sorry that you have to be here. You sound like you have done all the research. I chose betaseron, mainly b/c my doctor thought my MS was calling for it. (he said the copaxone took too long to start working)

I had an MRI of my C and T spine. They were both normal according to the tech and my orginal neuro - but the MS specialist found a lesion. I would call and ask to speak to the neuro about why they are not checking your T spine if you are concerned about it. I did not have one of my lumbar spine and I am okay with that. I know I have lesions in both my T and C spine b/c of symptoms I have - as you start to get further into this MS journey you will learn more. I would take it as you can digest it. LOL, I think that is the best way. Personally too much overwhelms me.

HUGS, and again I am sorry you have to be here but we are happy to welcome you!