Catch,
One of the things my first neuro told me has stuck with me to this day; When we get the MS diagnosis, we tend to become "hyper-aware" of everything going on with our bodies.
My dx was similiar to yours. Once THE BIG ONE hit, it was only three months until it was official. Meanwhile, all my symptoms worsened and it felt like new ones cropping up, literally, every day.
I explained this to him and he assured me I wasn't dying. But it did make me realize that some of it I wouldn't have given a second thought to had I not been recently labeled MS.
And like you, I can remember things from months and even years prior that may have been MS trying to expose itself.

I'm not trying to belittle your post, mind you. I just saw things in it that I went through. After the official dx and I started on Rebif and a BUNCH of pills, it still took another 6 weeks or more before I could see things improving/remission.