Well, I have had symptoms since I was a kid. I was labled a hypochontriact by my mother so I learned to stay quiet and not complain.

I was 24, married for 4 years and my husband did alot of business travel. I was out mowing our lawn one cool spring morning while he was gone. Usually I could mow both front and back without a problem...not this day. I got half way through the back and my legs became weak, numb, pins and needles sensation. I needed to go sit down and ended up falling asleep.

I got up the next morning feeling fine, confused about the previous day. I once again went out to mow and my legs once again got numb, weak and with pins and needles sensations, but in a much shorter time...I never did get the lawn finished after that. Slowly, over days/weeks I started to add in more symptoms. By the time I thought I needed to see my PCP I had lost most of my strength and mobility.

Symptoms that remained during the entire diagnostic process:

- Bi-lateral leg weakness
- numb from the waist down
- tremors
- fatigue
- pins and needles
- vibrations from waist down
- pain
- L'Hermittes