Hi, I am real new to all of this and found this site while researching MS.
Long story short ( I think); Back in early spring of this year I was diagnosed w/ON. They also ordered MRI's and found several lesions. Then sent me to MS Specialist who ordered more MRI'S,Evoked potentials, and LP. He says now ( after waiting all summer) I have MS. I have to see him ( the Doc) in about 2 weeks and he said he may or maynot start me on treatment. Meanwhile, my eye is acting up again here over the weekend. I am awake here in the early wee morning hours becasue my arm and shoulder is having crazy spasms and my joints are hurting ( this is a first ). My face on the same side that my eye hurts feels tingly, kinda like how you feel when novacaine is wearing off when you get a filling (also a first). I am at my wits end with this and crying as I type because my hubby is as worried about all this as I am and even though I have a diagnosis of MS now, my Doc is unsure I should be treated cause he thinks I am early stages of this disease????? Everything we have researched points out I should be on treatment to help slow this progression. Anyway, this is probably not the best introduction I could have given, but I am having a REALLY bad night..I am sorry. On the brighter side, I did contact our local MS Society and they are going to send me info and possibly refrences for a new Doctor. UGH! Otherwise, I love spending time in my gardens, with our animals, reading, but more than any of that, with my hubby of 28 years and our grown children and their spouse ( only one is married so far). Thanks for letting me come here, sorry about the vent along with the intro. Helen