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Hi ya, My name is Emma, i'm 33 yr old from New Zealand and have just found this site whilst doing some internet reading on MS. I have multiple brain lesions which have shown up on MRI in May 15, was refused to partake in a Vitamin D3 trial hosted by Australia and run in NZ and AUST, because of a benign melegenoma brain tumor in my ventricle which is slowly growing. I feel fatigue these days more often and unlike ever before which I hate the feeling of. My lumbar puncture showed all my ornalogical bands are positive. (Which I am not sure fully what this means) So I have signed up to this site to get a bit of advise etc. :-)
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@00gurl , you're more than welcome, Emma. I'm sure we can answer any questions you may have. The presence of oligoclonal bands in your cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is usually a follow on test from an inconclusive MRI scan. There's some details of the procedure here :- https://www.mstrust.org.uk/a-z/lumbar-puncture

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Thank you Stumbler, That is a brief interesting read kn positive bands. Yea I was getting brain fog some what wicked about 2 months ago and lasted for about 2 weeks hard out along with fatigue where even driving short trips on occasion I had to shake my head to straighten my weary focus, I have felt like I woke this morning experiencing unexplained fatigue. I have weakness in my left shoulder in the past 3 months more noticable some than other times, I don't know if this may be a symptom or not. I have not been diagnosed with MS and I keep thinking how can I have the Brain tumor and Possible MS?? Seems too much of a coincidence. Im kinda just in a confussed space.