Recently been dx with MS (yesterday!) It all started weirdly 8 yrs ago, when I had an optic neuritis attack on my left eye. I decided to carry on living in ignorance even though I was told it was linked with possible MS. I even turned down MRI scan etc because I didn't want to know.
Life was quite good, career going well, married to the best woman in the world. We (my wife & I) decided to leave London and buy an old chateau in France, renovate it and open a hotel. This we have done but only now realising the work load that this business demands.
Then in October I started to stumble into things. My left eye felt like it was getting worse (dimmer & greyer sight) I couldn't focus on myself in the mirror. My left eye wasn't moving in tandem with my right eye. We went to the UK for a break in Yorkshire. My stumbling got gradually worse to the point I felt drunk. I then started to slurr my words and have these really weird sensations run through my body. It felt like my world was 'twisting' around me. Really scary. My French doctor gave me cortisone tablets and sent me the hospital. Then the tests began. MRI, Lumber puncture, opthalmics.. Finally, yesterday my Consultant told me it is Type 2 MS. It is strange, because at the moment I feel fairly normal except a few tingles in my hands and mild intermittent slurring. He has prescribed me Avonex, which I start tonight with my first jab. Hope it is ok?!
Anyway, thats me. Any advice would be welcome from you ppl who know more than I.
Life was quite good, career going well, married to the best woman in the world. We (my wife & I) decided to leave London and buy an old chateau in France, renovate it and open a hotel. This we have done but only now realising the work load that this business demands.
Then in October I started to stumble into things. My left eye felt like it was getting worse (dimmer & greyer sight) I couldn't focus on myself in the mirror. My left eye wasn't moving in tandem with my right eye. We went to the UK for a break in Yorkshire. My stumbling got gradually worse to the point I felt drunk. I then started to slurr my words and have these really weird sensations run through my body. It felt like my world was 'twisting' around me. Really scary. My French doctor gave me cortisone tablets and sent me the hospital. Then the tests began. MRI, Lumber puncture, opthalmics.. Finally, yesterday my Consultant told me it is Type 2 MS. It is strange, because at the moment I feel fairly normal except a few tingles in my hands and mild intermittent slurring. He has prescribed me Avonex, which I start tonight with my first jab. Hope it is ok?!
Anyway, thats me. Any advice would be welcome from you ppl who know more than I.
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