At the time of my diagnosis: I was numb from the waist down, bilateral leg weakness, bilateral pins/needles (legs), bilateral vibration/buzzing (legs), tremors (both hands). There were other symptoms. Mine did not come and go. They stayed for the entire diagnostic process then, steroids and I still had a difficult and long haul. It took a year of frustration, tears, pain and fatigue to regain my mobility. Then I had my second relapse and it began all over again.

I received my handicap placard shortly after diagnosis. My MRIs were clear, my Lumbar Puncture was positive (o-bands).