When I was diagnosed with MS the only option I was given for DMT was Tecfidera, my last MRI was stable but I only had an MRI on brain & neck & not spine in the last 6 months I’ve starting to have back pain & weakness & my walking has got worse, I’m just wondering why I wasn’t given any options?

Hi, I’ve been reading a few posts today as having what I call ‘one of my bad days!!’and I’ve noticed a few of you mention an annual MRI. I’ve been diagnosed 5years now and not had an mri for at least 4yrs. I have quite a few liaisons and get varied pains throughout my body as well as issues with my ...

My most recent MRI shows new lesions on my spinal cord, so I have been reffered to the MS nurse to start treatment. I asked my neurolgist "how long till i start treatment?" and she said could take a few months to a year just to get the face to face appointment with the nurse. Then depending on the t...

I was diagnosed in 2006 with 'agressive' MS. I was told at the time I had the 'viking' disease (which I thought was pretty cool 🙂), told that it was people in the northern hemisphere that got it ( vit D deficiency), people from hot countries didn't-even people with darker skin didn't (&I know now ...

10 years after being diagnosed my neurologist shared with me that most of my lesions are either not active, have disappeared,or completely resolved. I had about 120 lesions from my brain to my spine. When I had my first flare up I was def in one ear, blind, couldn’t walk and would lose bowels. So wh...

For those of you that mark the anniversary of your MS, do you count your official diagnosis date or go from your first symptoms? I had my first relapse last year in July, I was initially told it could be MS then, but later told by a neurologist it was unlikely until I had a few more relapses and ...