Lady Express, I'd go back to the hot bath test if it meant I could finally get treatment!!

Way before I started going through the diagnostic process, I purchased a lovely, deep bath with head rest, arm rests - the ultimate bathing experience. I got into this lovely, deep, hot bath and prepared to relax and enjoy. The only trouble was - I couldn't get out of it, I was so weak.

I remember telling my husband "oh goodness, I must have made the bath too hot, I'm sure that happens to everyone", who of course looked at me as though I was mad. That was the last bath I had in my beautiful indulgent bath!

I definitely think that doctors are putting too much emphasis on MRI as well - it's my understanding that even the revised criteria specifically state that the diagnosis is a CLINICAL diagnosis, ie once everything has been ruled out, it is up to the neurologist to decide even in the absence of diagnostic evidence.