mimi, I had numbness in one finger one time. It was quite diagnostic as to which finger it was. And sorry, I can't remember which one but I think it was the pinky. Found out it was a herniated cervical disk. And you are so right. There are so many disease processes that mimic MS. That's why diagnosing MS is ruling out a whole bunch of other things. I see from your name that you might be a nurse. I am one also and it sure made it hard for me. I graduated in 1971 and was diagnosed in 1997. So there was a lot of years difference between my old textbooks and what was current. I'm glad care has changed in all those years. Good luck and come back and tell us how it went.