I just read a comprehensive article on how your feet can indicate more serious disease in your body. It was a very long article mentioning diseases like hypo and hyperthyroidism; Lupus, RA; diabetic neuropathy, etc. It took 20 minutes to read and never did the article once mention MS. It's like medical students never cover that as a subject. No wonder it took 60 years to diagnose me. I was met with the "deer in the headlights" look from medical staff in the ER too. They don't recognize the… read more
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MS comes at us in so many different ways. Not trying to defend the doctors but there is no ‘blood test’ for MS. They can suspect MS, but until they have eliminated the other million possibilities they can’t just pronounce a diagnosis without due process. Thats why it takes many, many months. In my case, it was about 9. But it was a definitive dx, and 27 years later, it was clearly correct.
Wednesday Banks
Yes I did mention that tests are needed but many times these
Tests are always positive
And can be wrong
This happens unfortunately
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Indeed, Margann; Chris F. used to post an iceberg and another picture with a very long list of symptoms. But when it comes to MS versus fibromyalgia, some of the symptoms such as nerve tingling, migraines and fatigue overlap, therefore additional tests such as the vision and evoke tests are needed.
Hi Anthony, keep a journal or notepad app of your symptoms, duration/length of time and severity. Consider getting an MS app like I did-the MSAA has one available, they keep promoting it.