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Originally Posted by Quixotic1
Nancy, we have to distinguish between the first onset of symptoms and the beginning of the disease. We all know that the disease can begin without symptoms and that the symptoms may not appear for some years. I don't know if the experts can put any timeline on when the damage to the CNS actually begins. It would depend on whether the first lesions "spoke up" with symptoms. So my statement in my post is when the disease "presented." this last comment was added a little later.
Quix
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Makes sense... they say that some people have MS lesions found at autopsy when they never had symptoms during their lifetime, so it would make sense that someone could have had MS a long time ("the beginning of the disease", as you put it) but not had "first onset of symptoms" til very late in life.
You've sure put a lot of work into this, Quix. As they say, writing is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration--something like that!
Nancy