Thread: Good-bye PN, Hello MS
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Old 03-13-2014, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by januarybabe View Post
I went to neurologist and he gave me an EMG test. He said I did not have neuropathy. Now he suspects MS. He bases this on an MRI of brain and my symptoms. I have a lumbar puncture test coming up.

My main symptom has been pain in abdomen. I take 3,300 mg gabapentin for this. The pain in abdomen feels like a tight band. Also, it feels like pins and needles.

All this has been going on for 4 years. I do not stumble and fall. I walk well. In fact, I am more comfortable moving around than I am sitting.

Anyone ever hear of these kind of symptoms for MS?
I thought that MS can be diagnosed through MRI, you had your MRI but your doctor still "suspects" to be MS? Is the reason for your lumbar puncture to confirm presence or absence of MS?
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