... on earlier sx before being diagnosed. Does this happen to anyone else?

Sometimes things just pop in my mind that shed's light on physical difficulties that were probably the ms.

This morning I thought about 4 or 5 years ago when suddenly it hurt the bottoms of my feet to walk, even to just set them on the floor. It lasts for weeks or months. At the time, I chalked it up to walking on concrete floors at work...though I had been doing that for 20 years. Then it finally went away and has not done that to such a degree since then.

Was that the ms????? I try not to dwell on such things, but it's impossible not to wonder about stuff!

I still do that even after 23 years of being diagnosed.

Almost 2 years ago I found out a symptom I had as a kid was caused by MS. I had not thought about that "symptom" in years until it showed up as part of my relapse in the summer of 2007.

I do the same thing. The first symptoms of MS that stand out in my mind, started 45 years ago, when I was 24. But I can think of a few odd neurologial things happening as a Kid and so did my Mom. She'd say remember when yadda yadda happened.

I have to say I had the opposite thing happen. I thought the pain in my foot was MS and just put up with it. I found out years later that it was in fact bursitis. I made changes and now my foot is doing great. Now I know not to just ignore something and say it's the MS. Then if they can't find anything else wrong, then I blame the MS.

Same thing here. I had sore feet and fallen arches in my early 20's as I ran a lot but continued to have sore heels on and off despite wearing orthotics.
I also remember many times when my skin was too painful to touch on my legs and the loo seat would often be too cold to sit on but only on one side (apologies for that mental image).
I have become very clumsy (not a good look for a practicing RN) but my mum reckons I always was and could break something at 20 paces. I deny this of course.
I've never liked cold wet floors with bare feet either. They always felt yuck but I couldn't explain it.

Whenever there's been something wrong with me, I've researched and asked around and 99% of the time, I've found a trail back to a herpes or varicella virus link. I've always thought it would be my downfall but not quite so dramatically.

I know that exact feeling. My left hip and leg suddenly went numb several years ago. Toilet seat was freezing cold on one side, and warm on the other. I went to my pcp. However, my doctor didn't pursue it, when it cleared up, he just dropped it. One of many things that he should have put 2 and 2 together and check for ms. I'm sure my numb hip and leg was from the ms. Since hindsight (no pun intended) is 20/20.

It's a crazy thing. It seems no two people are alike.