I was on Montel's Spotlight Health a number of years ago, and many of us stay in contact because we set up a private MS board when Montel's folded. To this day, all of the limbolanders that were part of our group, STILL do not have a MS-dx. There are various dx's that each of them has gotten along the way, and others still don't have a complete answer. Some of them are much sicker then I've ever been.

We share many simularities with other diseases/conditions, which is the also the reason that people might continue down the path of a seeking a MS-dx. There are usually identifiable differences too though . . . but some people just do not want to hear about those differences, perhaps because they are scared of what's happening to them and grasping at straws.

As I've said before, if a person has gone through the testing for MS, then gotten a second opinion. . . it is not in their best interests to "dwell" on our symptoms list by trying to identify with everything we have. It doesn't mean there isn't a slight chance that it will end up being MS, but there are lots of other things to explore, and TIME will usually tell if it is MS anyway. Unfortunately, there isn't much that can be done to speed up the dx process though, except to WAIT and see what shakes out in the longer run.

Cherie