I can't believe I am looking for answers again. Four years ago I was a mess a mess with tremors, clonus, spasticity, weakness, bladder problems and balance issues. I originally had 5 lesions on my brain (all the right places) and what the doctors considered classix signs - babinsky sign, overactive reflexes, opttic nerve changes, and reaction to heat. I was diagnosed with MS a year later by an MS specialist.
Two years after I made great improvements and my brain lesions were gone. The neurologist was perplexed. She said I should have presented with new lesions and other tests should have been positive. LP and nerve conduction were fine. She said she no longer thought it was MS, but rather a rheumatic disease. I was devestated, not because I wanted MS, but because I needed to know I wasn't crazy.
I continued to do well over this last year, but have noticed problems again. My left leg which never complety improved is weak and stiff again. The worst issue is my right foot - horrible pain and stiff. I have a bad lim
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Two years after I made great improvements and my brain lesions were gone. The neurologist was perplexed. She said I should have presented with new lesions and other tests should have been positive. LP and nerve conduction were fine. She said she no longer thought it was MS, but rather a rheumatic disease. I was devestated, not because I wanted MS, but because I needed to know I wasn't crazy.
I continued to do well over this last year, but have noticed problems again. My left leg which never complety improved is weak and stiff again. The worst issue is my right foot - horrible pain and stiff. I have a bad lim
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But it is interesting how you were diagnosed with MS by an MS specialist, had the signs and symptoms, and then it went away.
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