I finally broke down and made an appointment with the Neurologist for Monday. He had initially decided that I have SPMS, and I really hope this bump in the road isn’t interpreted as a sign that I really have RRMS. I have always been grateful that I was diagnosed with SPMS right from the get-go because that spared me the task of deciding whether or not to take any of the DMDs. Actually, my appointment is with my Neurologist’s Physician’s Assistant. I figure that if I have to decline the recommended treatment (DMDs), I’d rather tell that to the PA than risk a knee-jerk, ego-related reaction from the doctor himself. You know how doctors can be.

Kitty, I have had some of the milder (numbness below the waste, weakness in the numb leg) symptoms of TM on and off for many years (as far back as high school). I had never (well – almost never) had the extreme burning or the bladder weakness before.