@CheshireCat 

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CheshireCat

Newbie, diagnosed, worried!

Hi all. It's my first post and I'm sort of... shy. I was diagnosed 2 years ago. Had my left eye almost blind and went to ophthamlmologist who decided to ask for an MRI (I told her I had diplopia 10 years before and she had a patient with a similar story that had MS). It was confirmed, so I went to a neurologist. He wanted me to go to hospital on Steroids. But I decided to get more opinions (and make net search, of course), just to find out that all neurologists wanted me to take heavy medicine, which I prefer to avoid as much as I can, while I can. In the meanwhile my eye recovered, to almost the same as before. Only a slight blur and not constant, I could see very well. I went to a homeopath who also makes electro acupuncture, so he could see all my weakness points and gave me natural meds for all. I keep going there every 5 or 6 months and am doing fine. Yes, I sometimes have needles and pins in my hands, I'm very aware of what fatigue means on a daily basis (never was before, even as a hard worker), and I feel my left leg weird, like if I was going to limp a bit, but never really limping at all. This happens only if I walk too much and specially when it's cold. That's all. Other than these annoying symptoms I make my life normally. Sleep, play, dance, run, only feel exhausted, but I can do everything. Now I'm worried!!!!! Very, very worried, to be honest. What if I should do that hard medicine? What if something huge happens that spoils everything just because I am doing nothing more than a healthy nutrition and nice supplements? Any opinions? Anybody else in a similar condition? Any help will be very much appreciated, thanks. Paz (Portuguese name meaning Peace)
@Stumbler

Hi @cheshirecat and welcome. I can understand your conundrum. If only we can see the future....... But, what we need to try and avoid is reaching the future and wishing we had made a different decision in the past. MS is wildly unpredictable and periods of remission can last years. You were diagnosed two years ago, when you would have had an MRI scan. It may be worthwhile having another scan and then comparing then and now. That way you can see whether there has been any progression.......

@cameron

You may change your opinion on treatment once you've read comments here. I do hope so. xx