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So after more than 6 months of real struggle with suspected MS symptoms I finally have my first appointment with a neurologist on Sunday. Can anyone please give me insight on what to expect? I have been tracking my symptoms and will condense this list and take it along with me. Is there anything els...

Hello there. I have just joined the group as I have MS. I was diagnosed in 1994 and it's been a rollercoaster journey since. I'm feeling a bit miserable at the moment as my memory has gone on a go slow. I thought that things would improve when the heat reduced but I'm so forgetful. I went to an opt...

2001 Optic neuritis. Go blind suddenly - and fortunately temporarily - in one eye. Ophthalmologist sends me to neurologist. The neurologist tells me in a jovial tone to say that I have had optic neuropathy to insurers - if I say optic neuritis they’d put me down as having MS. MRI done. No follow up...

Looking for some advice please. Before I was diagnosed with MS I smoked for almost 10 years. I did stop about a year before I was diagnosed and was using a vape which I stopped using after diagnosis. My question is most of the people I live with still vape and regularly do so indoors. Could this s...

Hi im new to all this, i got diagnosed with MS last year and have just tried my best to carry on. I have had many of the symptoms for years and a rather big relapse but didn't seem understood back then lots of different tests. In the end just carried on dealing with it all, then i got optic neuritis...

Hi I'm new to this group, I was diagnosed June 2020. My first symptoms started 2hrs ago as Carmel tunnel syndrone. My right arm would go numb for a few minutes and I would shake it off. January 2020 I went to ER with symptoms of right sides numbness and when I bend my forward I feel an electric ting...

Hi I new to MS. Just wondering is having 9 lesions on the brain a. Low amount for first diagnosis? I’m scared

Hi, - This is entirely without judgement and for UK MSers. It involves a few min of your time, no money ;) - I am interested to know who has ever been told about the UK MS Register? - https://ukmsregister.org/ (check this out as well if you like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s10osAwugO0&list...

Hi! Recently just officially joined the MS gang and thought I would say hello. I have been looking around on the site and it looks really great and it's pretty awesome that something like this exists and is so accessible for people that have MS. I went from thinking I had Transverse Myelitis w...