MS clinics?
Hey everyone,
I follow a couple of different MS accounts on Facebook, and I often hear about MS clinics. I live in California and I’ve never been offered a chance to visit a clinic specifically for MS. Is this something that only exists in other countries like Canada and the UK, or do other states/counties/cities offer it? I’ve seen an MS specialist in the past, but have yet to be offered a chance to visit a clinic designated for MS patients. How would I go about finding one?
I live in the UK and the only way to get diagnosed and treated for MS here is to see a neurologist who specialises in MS. It was a long road to diagnosis because waiting lists are long and my GP only had a choice of two hospitals to refer me to - neither of which had an MS clinic. It was a six month wait for that referral then when I saw the doctor he said "it looks very much like you have MS, but I can't diagnose or treat you so I'm going to refer you to a hospital that can". Then it was another five month wait before I finally saw a doctor at the right hospital and was diagnosed there and then. The first doctor had referred me for an MRI at the second hospital, so at least he could do that and all of the puzzle pieces were in place for me to be diagnosed. Now I have one MRI a year and see my consultant once a year at the specialist MS clinic.
Where I live we have ms doctors /clinics. Getting diagnosed is the hard thing. I had to go thru a series of mri's. The Mei with contrast is the main one. They found lesions on my brain and in my upper and lower spine. I wish you all the luck.