Given your symptoms, and that you perhaps didn't have lesions in the brainstem area before (?), he should be checking this out. MS isn't the only disease that can cause these symptoms ....

He knows you've opted out of Copaxone for the time being, right? If there are lots of new lesions, then he would know that Copaxone hasn't really been working for that purpose anyway. He, of course, would want you to try something else if there is negative activity too . . .

Good luck, Laura.

Cherie