Hello. I am looking for advise on if I should start medication or wait. In late January my leg started to feel "different" and i had a weird feeling around my ribcage. My doctor suggested i get a MRI on my spine. It showed I had 1 lesion.
After finding that we did a MRI on my cervical spine & my brain which came back normal. 3 months later I had a repeat spinal MRI and my lesion looks better and there are no new lesions. I also have had a repeat Brain MRI which also shows no lesions.
My problem is I had 6 o bands when they did my spinal tap and none in my serum. My neurologist says I have a 80% chance of "developing" MS. He is giving me the option to start ocrevus.
I am worried about the side effects of the medication. I also don't really have any symptoms of MS other than my leg still feels off.
Also how often is too often to get a MRI? I had my initial one Jan 31, then one a couple of days later I had the one on my cervical spine & brain. 3 months later I had the repeat on my spine and at 6 months I had the one of my brain. I have already had 4 this year and they want to do more in October and all of these have been with glandlium. I am worried about the side effects from that as well.
Thank you in advance to anyone that responds!
** 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. **
After finding that we did a MRI on my cervical spine & my brain which came back normal. 3 months later I had a repeat spinal MRI and my lesion looks better and there are no new lesions. I also have had a repeat Brain MRI which also shows no lesions.
My problem is I had 6 o bands when they did my spinal tap and none in my serum. My neurologist says I have a 80% chance of "developing" MS. He is giving me the option to start ocrevus.
I am worried about the side effects of the medication. I also don't really have any symptoms of MS other than my leg still feels off.
Also how often is too often to get a MRI? I had my initial one Jan 31, then one a couple of days later I had the one on my cervical spine & brain. 3 months later I had the repeat on my spine and at 6 months I had the one of my brain. I have already had 4 this year and they want to do more in October and all of these have been with glandlium. I am worried about the side effects from that as well.
Thank you in advance to anyone that responds!
** 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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