Those particular bowel symptoms might be related to MS, because IBS can be a symptom of this disease.

However, the IBS-type symptoms that you've described are not necessarily what they are looking for when we present with numbness. Additionally, they probably would not expect to see (those telltale spinal-lesion-specific) bowel issues when a person presents with only numb legs (not torso) anyway.

There are clinical tests they can do that might help firm up what we are experiencing, but they are then looking for a combination of factors to see if symptom complaints + clinical results = probable dx.

Like I said previously, they are looking for a "set" of symptoms that make sense (at least to them). Sometimes our symptoms just don't make a whole lot of sense either though . . . and that is when they would need confirmation from our test results. In your case, the tests aren't talking yet either.

Cherie