Hello everyone, my name is Scott and I just went through a 2nd opinion to confirm I do have MS. I had a couple strange occurrences over the past Christmas and New Year weeks, it started with light headed feelings for about a week, then moved onto double vision for another week, and throughout all of that the right side of my tongue was numb for about a month too.
I was referred to a neurologist and went for my first MRI of my brain which showed several lesions unfortunately. I was then scheduled for a Spinal Tap which the test results provided from this confirmed an MS diagnosis but without a 2nd occurrence. I've have a 2nd brain MRI done as well as a neck and spine MRI. I have had no changes on my brain MRI over 3 months so now I am playing the waiting game.
I am leaning towards not going on treatment and treating everything holistically in terms of my diet and exercise regimen, as well as mentally as well. I feel the medicines available do more harm than good to your immune system with the side effects and MS is already attacking me from the inside anyway, to me it seems counterproductive at this point.
But that is why I am here, to learn from my new brothers and sisters about this new lifestyle that I will come to know more and more about as the days go on. I will say that since this all started I have been very positive mentally and continuing to put my health first as my most important and vital option to fighting this disease. This will not beat me, nor change the way I live my life as long as there is something I can do about it! As I said I hope to learn a lot from you all and also help where and when I can.
Thanks for reading and Happy Memorial Day!
** Moderator's note - Post broken into paragraphs for easier reading. Many people with MS have visual difficulties that prevent them from reading large blocks of print. **
I was referred to a neurologist and went for my first MRI of my brain which showed several lesions unfortunately. I was then scheduled for a Spinal Tap which the test results provided from this confirmed an MS diagnosis but without a 2nd occurrence. I've have a 2nd brain MRI done as well as a neck and spine MRI. I have had no changes on my brain MRI over 3 months so now I am playing the waiting game.
I am leaning towards not going on treatment and treating everything holistically in terms of my diet and exercise regimen, as well as mentally as well. I feel the medicines available do more harm than good to your immune system with the side effects and MS is already attacking me from the inside anyway, to me it seems counterproductive at this point.
But that is why I am here, to learn from my new brothers and sisters about this new lifestyle that I will come to know more and more about as the days go on. I will say that since this all started I have been very positive mentally and continuing to put my health first as my most important and vital option to fighting this disease. This will not beat me, nor change the way I live my life as long as there is something I can do about it! As I said I hope to learn a lot from you all and also help where and when I can.
Thanks for reading and Happy Memorial Day!
** Moderator's note - Post broken into paragraphs for easier reading. Many people with MS have visual difficulties that prevent them from reading large blocks of print. **
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