MS was not even in my radar when I was told that was my situation.

I had been tested for carpal tunnel several years earlier, been put on anxiety med, told to slow down and not be stressed. Then the doc finally thought maybe an MRI might be useful since my sx's just didn't improve.

He gets the results, I get a call to come in to his office, and he tells me, it looks like you have MS, but I need you to get a lumbar puncture just to confirm what the MRI is saying.

Honestly, it was a relief having a name for something everyone thought was just in my head! Well, I showed them! It was in my head - in the form of lesions! Six or seven of them.

It explained my lack of balance, fatigue, forgetfulness, tingly hand. It's okay. Having MS has not been a bad thing. An adjustment, for sure, but I've always had a good attitude about life, and MS will never change that!