Getting that initial appointment with an MS doctor can be VERY difficult.

If it is MS, you are probably having an exacerbation.

I can only tell you how I went about it. I saw my PCP and he ordered a spinal MRI. The radiologist saw lesions. Brain MRI's can see lesions, I think that is a better tool for dx but someone else here will probably be able to correct me if I am wrong.

Although I was having problems, I could not get in for that initial appointment (just like you).

My brother told me to go to the emergency room ASAP. It is mandated by law that a neurologist be on premise at every hospital. So I was admitted, saw a neurologist (irony is that he was the one I was scheduled to see later in the month), and had a lumbar puncture which confirmed the dx.

I was put on steroids for 3 days to help stop the exacerbation.

I was dx'ed in 2005.

Sorry you are having all this happen. Let us know how we can help.