@I’m Tori :) My head still hurts from all the information I’ve received in the last few days. I went into the MD for a weeklong bout of vertigo(which I’ve never had before) and nausea. She did an MRI as a precautionary scan to make sure it wasn’t a stroke and that is when they found the lesions and such. He is 80% certain MS is what I have, but he has to do blood work to rule out MOG and NMOSD before starting treatment. Why can’t I just KNOW! He said I have textbook MS lesions but there is a larger lesion than typical for MS so he said that is what he wants to check out! I’m very grateful they got me in so quickly but that’s big news to sit with maybe or maybe not :( on Shift.ms

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I’m Tori :) My head still hurts from all the information I’ve received in the last few days. I went into the MD for a weeklong bout of vertigo(which I’ve never had before) and nausea. She did an MRI as a precautionary scan to make sure it wasn’t a stroke and that is when they found the lesions and such. He is 80% certain MS is what I have, but he has to do blood work to rule out MOG and NMOSD before starting treatment. Why can’t I just KNOW! He said I have textbook MS lesions but there is a larger lesion than typical for MS so he said that is what he wants to check out! I’m very grateful they got me in so quickly but that’s big news to sit with maybe or maybe not :(

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@FloridaSpike

Information is power. You are in the gathering stage, and that can be frustrating. Keep your head up, time will give you the answers.

17 Jul 2026 11:47

@ClaireVS

Unfortunately you will have to be patient. Neurological conditions are notoriously difficult to pin down & it would be wrong of your doctor to give you a diagnosis that he's not confident with. Hang on in there. All the best

17 Jul 2026 16:03