Hi Kelly

It might help if you checked out Healthshare (Healthshare | Empowering Australians to make better health choices).

It is intended for Australian residents - anybody can, for free, ask questions there and its Health Professional members will try to answer them.

Also, you can search the site for Health Professional members who might be able to offer you second opinions.

Thankyou for your replies. Its lovely to have people to talk to. Thankyou for the link. I will go have a look.

Cheers
Kelly x

It does sound like maybe you are just in a position where the lesions either are not in typical MS locations or there are not any new ones showing up to meet the "disseminated over time" part of the criteria. Hence the doc thinking it is likely MS, but the professor wanting to stick to the diagnostic criteria. I will say that my mom struggled with hypercalcemia for a while, and it was very debilitating for her. She was lethargic, very fatigued, and had a great deal of mental sluggishness until we got her calcium levels back closer to normal. So do pay attention to your symptoms and log them and their severity over time, to share with your physicians, but also consider that they could have other causes as well.

Thanks heaps, I am impatiently waiting to be tested again, hoping maybe I have hyperparathyroidism and this is causing all these issues, and there is No Ms to worry about.

you might also ask to have your Vit D level checked. vit D is needed for neurological health and many folks with MS can have low levels.

also if you're having vision problem you could consider seeing an opthamologist. people with MS can have what's called optic neuritis. IF that's the case it can help towards a diagnosis.

Everyone gave you great advice! Diagnosing MS can be challenging. Lesions can be caused by many things other than MS such as migraines or even viruses. Looking up the MacDonald Criteria will help you learn how MS is diagnosed. Keeping a journal of you symptoms is a great way to pinpoint trends and can be very helpful.

Hang in there!