This was the neuro who'd questioned my diagnosis stating I should be in a wheelchair if I Really had IT. I then quietly outlined that A,B, 'n C were happening and that I'd probably done D,E & F in time to prevent wheelchairness. He went 'Hummm, hummmm' a bit and said definite 'maybe'. For a chief cheese, not bad, I'm thinking. Some docs just write you off as either crazy or from 'internet-land'. I think he didn't agree wholly as the diagnosis was from the chief cheese at the other big teaching hospital round here. [not Hopkins]

Thanks to all the good folks here I went in 'armed'. Soo, SLS, I have hopes for you and what may come. Tho, I hate to wish results that show deterioration on any soul, it might just get you the treatment you need, and relief as well. Any relief is GOOD! - j