I had the MRI done in the first part of February 08. Met with my ENT (who ordered the MRI) February 19th to hear the 'news'. My ENT and his secretary had already called up my current neuro before I even went in, so I met my neuro at the hospital on February 27th.

That day, he did the evoked (he had been over the MRI results). February 29th was the LP and the 11 vials of blood work. March 5th was my last day of 6 days of IVSM (yes 6 days!) and that's when my neuro came in and said, "I'm 95% sure this is Multiple Sclerosis and you've been living with this for at least 5 years". He didn't have the LP results when he gave me the 'diagnosis'. The MRI, symptom history, family history and evoked testing was enough for him to base his decision. The LP did indeed come back positive as well as I explained.

Talking to him afterwards, he said, "You hit the home run with your diagnosis". Meaning, I tested positive for MS in every respect.

I do love my neuro. VERY much. He's not the 'doctor in the coat'. He's the tiny, white haired man who's fun to talk to (like you're visiting a friend having a coffee and a nice chat) who you admire for his brilliance beyond his profession (we talked about MS for 20% of the visit, the other 80% was him just shooting the breeze with me). I think that's so important. Having a specialist who you can truly consider a 'friend' before a doctor.