Hi daisy.girl,

It was very obvious something was wrong. My husband traveled on buisness quite a bit, when he was out of town it was left to me to take care of mowing. We had a large yard, front and back.

One day I went out to mow (early morning). I made it half way through the backyard when my legs became weak and I felt like I would collapse if I didn't sit down. The rest of the day I spent sleeping. The next morning I felt fine, so I went to finish mowing the yard...same thing happened.

From that point on things progressed to what I now know as a full blown severe exacerbation.

By the time I saw my PCP I could barely walk, Bi-lateral leg weakness, I was numb from the waist down, I had tremors, pins and needles from the waist down, L'Hermittes, fatigue and pain.

My PCP examined me, said he could not help me and handed me a referral to a Neurologist. I was diagnosed within 3 months.

I had the same type of symptoms/exacerbation, but worse, one year later.

My friends know I have MS and I have never had a single one question the diagnosis it's self. I do get questions about the disease and how I am feeling/doing.

I am not nor have I ever been on a DMD. Have I progressed? Yes. Considering I can take symptoms as far back as childhood my progression has been minimal. My biggest challenge has always been my mobility.