My story is similar to Snoopy's. Only my Mother believed me and my Dad didn't. But Mom took me to all the doctors and spent a fortune, no medical ins. or MRI's back then in the Fred Flintstones days.
Even so, Pediatric MS was not even heard of either, until later on. It presents differently. So I fell often (very clumsy) and had numb spots, UTI issues, then a odd tremor. That started the doctors to do more weird tests and in 1981 I was dx'd MS, but had it unknowingly much longer.
BTW, not to confuse too many of you, but CCSVI is considered something you are born with, that gets worse over time. Hmm