I guess I should buy a lottery ticket because I got Dxed at at 52 by the folks at John's Hopkins after I had ON in my right eye and lost almost all color vision in that eye for several months. I did develop a flock of lesions in the next two years and did have a positive (at least two bands) results in spine fluid LP test.

It was the positive LP that made an immediate MS diagnosis possible.

My Avonex treatment and my own supplement program resulted in no enhancing/new lesions after year two, and that was 8 years ago. I hung on long enought to retire with 30 years service. I am now a "tripple dipper"... Civil Service, Military and Social Security.

Avonex can prevent or reduce severity of MS.

jackD