Sam,

I am in the same place you are. I had an initial episode of hearing loss that led to an MRI showing a couple of lesions. A couple of years later, a follow up MRI showed more lesions and I got an MS Dx. The initial hearing loss was in 2004 and the Dx came in 2006. Other than some fatigue issues and being slightly more sensitive to heat, I have had no MS flares or symptoms since my initial hearing loss. I have had the same conversation with myself about whether I was a "fraud" for wearing an "I have MS, that is why I ride!" jersey when I ride the MS150. Yes, I have the disease, but I have thankfully not suffered many of the problems that others with MS have. The way I make peace with it is to ride in the MS150 every year and be an ambassador locally talking to folks about how many different ways MS affects people and how much more research is needed to understand why some (like me) have an easy time with it and others do not.