For me it has varied.
When I had my first relapse in April '01, I was hospitalized for 10 days and after I got out I had about 5 dr appts in the next 6 months. Then a followup a year later with my MS specialist in Minneapolis. (I lived in Taiwan at the time but the neuros there weren't familiar with MS.)
Then I just checked in by email with my MS specialist a year later to say I was still doing well.
Then nothing till April 07 when I had another big relapse, saw a neuro who said I had MS, flew back to Minneapolis to see my trusted specialist (Dr. Schapiro) and that's when I got officially diagnosed and started meds. He gave me a referral to a specialist who lives closer to me (70 miles away). I went there twice a year for a couple years. When I saw him last December, he said I was doing great and didn't have to come back for a year ... but now I'm having another relapse so I went in Sept, going again in late Oct and again in December.
That's a very long answer to your question.
When I had my first relapse in April '01, I was hospitalized for 10 days and after I got out I had about 5 dr appts in the next 6 months. Then a followup a year later with my MS specialist in Minneapolis. (I lived in Taiwan at the time but the neuros there weren't familiar with MS.)
Then I just checked in by email with my MS specialist a year later to say I was still doing well.
Then nothing till April 07 when I had another big relapse, saw a neuro who said I had MS, flew back to Minneapolis to see my trusted specialist (Dr. Schapiro) and that's when I got officially diagnosed and started meds. He gave me a referral to a specialist who lives closer to me (70 miles away). I went there twice a year for a couple years. When I saw him last December, he said I was doing great and didn't have to come back for a year ... but now I'm having another relapse so I went in Sept, going again in late Oct and again in December.
That's a very long answer to your question.
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