Hello eveyone. I have been lurking on and off here for over a year, and I must say you all have been a fantastic source of support and information!
I am a 40 y/o female, and I was dx'd with RRMS last month. I just started on Copaxone and so far it is going well. My main symptom is dizziness that comes and goes a couple times a year (started in 2006), and a flare that lasted a couple of months which consisted of L'hermittes and a numb patch on a leg.
I have many lesions in my brain suggestive of MS, an abnormal BAER and normal spinal fluid. My first neuro was unwilling to dx MS based on all of this, so we spent the last year with a wait and see attitude. When that neuro relocated to another state, I started seeeing another neuro in the same practice and he made the dx immediately after a follow up MRI (which had not changed).
My question is how many of you sought a second opinion at an MS clinic, after receiveing a dx of MS from your regular neuro (who you like!)? Was it worth it? I have a nationally recognized MS center about an hour away, and I am considering seeing someone there. I do however plan to stay with my current neuro for my treatment.
Mostly I just wanted to say hello, and thank you all who are answering questions and offering support to everyone with this terrible disease.
JSSL
I am a 40 y/o female, and I was dx'd with RRMS last month. I just started on Copaxone and so far it is going well. My main symptom is dizziness that comes and goes a couple times a year (started in 2006), and a flare that lasted a couple of months which consisted of L'hermittes and a numb patch on a leg.
I have many lesions in my brain suggestive of MS, an abnormal BAER and normal spinal fluid. My first neuro was unwilling to dx MS based on all of this, so we spent the last year with a wait and see attitude. When that neuro relocated to another state, I started seeeing another neuro in the same practice and he made the dx immediately after a follow up MRI (which had not changed).
My question is how many of you sought a second opinion at an MS clinic, after receiveing a dx of MS from your regular neuro (who you like!)? Was it worth it? I have a nationally recognized MS center about an hour away, and I am considering seeing someone there. I do however plan to stay with my current neuro for my treatment.
Mostly I just wanted to say hello, and thank you all who are answering questions and offering support to everyone with this terrible disease.
JSSL
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