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@Lauren_Bradley 

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Lauren_Bradley

Trying to stay positive

Hey everyone, I had an MRI last month and the results were stable, so no new lesions, which is good. But I had a relapse in September, which is why I had another MRI. Both my neuro and I were shocked that it was stable. Struggling to be positive about it, as if there were new lesions there would be more of an explanation as to why I relapsed, and they were also going to change my treatment to a stronger one, which would have been a way to hopefully improve my health. Obviously I don’t want progression so I get that it being stable is a good thing. But it’s frustrating to still be suffering more than usual, and almost back to before my diagnosis of not actually really knowing why. Does that make sense to anyone? Don’t feel like I can talk to anyone about it as they don’t understand what ms is like.
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@MamaWals
@MamaWals
 

How long between the MRI and relapse? I had MRIs about two and a half months apart. Both showed several lesions, it in different places. By the time I had the second, all the first lesions had pretty much disappeared. So maybe you had activity but because of the lapse in time the inflammation went down by the time you got the images?

@Vixen
@Vixen
 

Hi @lauren_bradley. I was diagnosed same time as you and my last mri showed no new lesions either. But I’ve dipped in and out of relapse too so also don’t understand it. But I figure that over the years, it will start to make sense a bit more. Because I feel so reduced since diagnosis, it feels like life is one big relapse, so I really don’t feel like I fit into the RRMS category, but I’m told thats what it is......