Hi Everyone, I just found this site and joined today. I am 34 and was diagnosed with MS when I was 21. I am doing fairly well. I just had a bout of optic neuritis though. I had an operation in Dec and I think the stress of it caused the flare up. I had the solu-medol infusions and then the steroid taper. My vision has improved but its still not back to the way it was before. I am hopeful though and honestly I am just glad it is only in one eye this time. =) . I have had a high white blood cell count for quite some time now and I am wondering if anyone has heard of a correlation between a high WBC count and MS. If so please let me know. Thanks, Jessica

Hi Kat, and Jes, how wonderful to have you here! I hope you will both pull up a chair and drag out your reading glasses. Loads going on here. I will see you in the Stumble inn for some light hearted laughs when youre done.

Nice to meet you Jessica..

I haven't heard about High WBC being implicated in MS, but I have heard that the interferons(Avonex, Betaseron or Rebif), the meds taken for MS, can cause high WBCs. Are you on one of those meds?

Please come in and join us.

Hi Jessicat! Welcome to NeuroTalk.

I can empathize with the ON. I had a bout of it last year. I hope yours clears up soon. When you're waiting it seems to take forever.

I hope you'll continue to come here and share your stories and questions with us. We're all in this big boat together and try to help each other cope.