I was in the hospital once for MS. I had optic neuritis but wasn't sure that was the problem at the time. I had severe pain behind my right eye. My neuro's office told me to go to the er when I called.

The hospital did a ton of testing to make sure I wasn't having a problem unrelated to the MS. I was admitted for 4 days and they administered pain iv pain meds and started me on ivsm.

When I went for my next neuro visit, they asked me the question! I was a bit shocked. Apparently they hadn't noted my hospital visit in my chart and my neuro had no idea I was in the hospital. Maybe they ask because they sometimes don't aalways keep track of us like they should .