My neuro hates that term (benign) If you have a tumor removed and it's benign, that's the end of the story. Not so with MS, as we all know.

I much prefer, along with my neuro, the term mild MS at present. Who knows what will come tomorrow, next week, next year. That's why I'm on a CRAB drug to attempt to slow things down. So far my lesion load has not increased. I'd like to think that it's working, but who knows.

I consider myself mild mainly because I can walk without difficulty, and I have no eye problems. However, cognitive deficits can be just as disabling.
Even though I am considered mild, I am on Rebif because the MS hit me very hard in cognition.

Contrary to previous reports, researchers are now saying that cognitive deficits can be one of the first signs of MS. Before, they said that cognitive deficits only came later in the disease.

I am one of those "but you look so good" folks. It's only when we converse that they see my searching for words, losing my train of thought, and etc.