Cherie,

I don't know if I have any spinal lesions. My MS became apparent in 1992 a few months after back surgery in 1991. In the MRI of my spine, they were looking for the source of my back pain. The Neurosurgeon said I had a ruptured disk and degenerative disk disease so he operated.

The heart problems began the same time as my back but they thought it was stress from the back pain and surgery. When MS symptoms started the heart problems were on and off for a couple of years. I had to eventually go on meds to get it under control. The meds stopped working and I had to have the pacemaker put in in 1996 and take meds for the arrhythmias.

I have never seen a connection in searching through the MS info for all these years but there are certain diseases that intefere with the heart signal. I guess I'm in the unknown area but it could be MS related. They didn't think my back or headaches were part of MS in the beginning and that has changed now.

Thank you for welcoming me back.