I've only had one MRI, so I don't really know, but ...

I suspect I had MS back to my late teens, but didn't have my first CLEAR attack until I was 31 yrs old. They knew it was a lesion in my T-spine (Transverse Myelitis), but I didn't get a MRI.

I went into denial and ignored all my symptoms till I had the next Transverse Myelitis attack, 12 YRS later. They knew that was a new lesion though, cause the numbness pattern clearly indicated a C-spine lesion, not the T-spine one again.

My MRI showed 2 large spinal cord lesions (1 T-spine, 1 C-spine), and two or three "small" brain ones ~ that's it! Since spinal lesions of that size will cause symptoms (during inflamation, and beyond), I must have went 12 yrs between them.

The brain lesions could have popped up any time . . . but still that's not much.

I will be getting another MRI fairly soon, so it should be interesting. It's been 6 yrs now since the last one (4 yrs on LDN).

Cherie

Natalie: I've been paralyzed twice.