Hi Brenda,
You're probably at an important fork in the road. Many neuros will start someone on an MS therapy even if there's only been one episode that indicates MS nowadays ("clinically isolated syndrome," I think it's called, or CIS) just because the MS drugs are so much more effective if started soon after MS onset.

I wonder if anything more definite was said about the "white spots" that turned up on your MRI. If you could get hold of the radiologist's report on the MRIs you had, there's probably more information there.

If anything is said about MS or demyelinating disease, I'd think about looking for a different doctor. Or you could consult with your neuro and sound him out--see how inclined he is to go along with what the MS specialist said. He might not agree at all.

My MS was diagnosed in 1980, before MRIs, but it showed up definitely on 3 MRIs since then. All of the MRIs were of my brain only. Nothing was ever said about the spine.