Hello all!

Have not been diagnosed with MS but I believe I have some symptoms. Like buring sensation in my legs, pins and needle feeling sometimes all over and pain in the back of knees and lower back. I have flat feet and plantafacitas and thought maybe the pain is from there?? Well i did have a MRI of the spine at it shows i have mild disfuse disk buldge, mild central canal stenosis as well as mild bilateral neural foraminal narrowing. I have an appt to neurologist this week, but want to get some feed back.

Hello d4ever,

Your current MRI findings do not point to MS...at this time. Hopefully your Doctor will have more information for you.

Did they MRI your head or just your spine? I agree with Snoopy that your symptoms dont really sound like MS, but you do have something going on. Can your primary care MD help you sort it out?

just my spine??? But have appt tuesday with the neurologist I guess see what they say.... Thanks

I hope you can get better with PT, or something less invasive. The words Mild, in the results should make you not worry quite so much. It is when those results say severe, that you should worry. Sometimes this kind of back issue can really be helped. Hope your doctor has some good ideas. ginnie

Most of us have our spine AND our head MRIs that point to lesions. If you have lesions in both, you cinch a diagnosis of MS. if you have them in one or the other, its a tougher climb to get a diagnosis. You need 9 to 12 in your head alone or I think 3 to 5 in your spine alone.

Please know that there are more than 100 diseases that mimic MS right down to the lesions on the brain. Lupus, lyme fibromyalgia Devics...They normally take your blood tests and rule out as much as they can like B 12 def or vitamin D issues, lyme and lupus show up on blood as well. They then take your other symptoms such as where your lesions are, what symptoms they are causing and so forth. After they whittle you down to like 10 disease you will find that none of those ten have a blood test of a difinitive way for them to say "thats it!" so, they start to guess at what "most likely" fits YOUR symptoms and tests. Please know that YOUR MS wont act like MY MS. I may have sight, balance, and choking issues, and you may drag a leg, be fatigued, and have buzzy legs. That doesnt mean that because your MS doesnt look like my MS that you dont have it.

Getting a diagnosis with MS is normally a long process for most. Best advice if you really really think you have it, please seek out an MS center, even if you have to travel to get to it. Have them either rule it out or diagnose you. Then you can pick a neurologist closer to home who can take charge of your care. They will leave most no stone unturned when telling someone yes or no. Its a huge deal as once they say it, you then WONT qualify for life, health or disability insurance.

PLEASE if you dont have life, health, or disability insurance, go get some NOW! once someone scribbles something on that piece of paper, its too late.

I wish you the best of luck.

I believe I had 6 lesions on the brain. One in brain stem. Nobody has really confirmed the number. My MRI reports don't say how many....they just say "multiple". I asked one time and the doc seemed surprised I even asked for a number.

I have many of the symptoms described, but back issues can certainly cause sensory symptoms.
I also have dizziness which is usually associated with the inner ear....but I have no inner ear issues, so its the M.S. I struggled for years wanting the docs to find something wrong with my ears! Nice simple answers......sometimes... NOT.

Hang in there and take it one step at a time. Glad you are seeing a Neuro. Let us know how that goes and don't despair if he/she doesn't find anything. These things can be a bit of a long road to diagnosis.

I agree with Karilann, many of the symptoms you are experiencing can be caused by back issues. Talk to the neurologist and see what he/she says. Let us know how your appointment goes.

you don't say how old you are. some of those changes can be normal with
aging. i'm 62 and have a lot of them.

the fact that it's all mild is a good thing.
it doesn't sound like MS to me either but see what the neuro's clinical exam
shows too.

keep a symptom (sx) journal with dates and the sx's you have.
it can help your dr.

let us know how you make out.
welcome to NT.