Questions to ask your Neurologist
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How is MS Diagnosed?
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There is no laboratory test, symptom, or physical finding which, when present or positive, always means a person has MS. Some of the symptoms of MS could also be caused by other diseases. Consequently, the diagnosis of MS must be made by a careful process which demonstrates findings that are consistent with MS and that also rules out other possible causes.
Read MoreFirst Neurologist Appointment
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Sitting and waiting to see the Neurologist, fidgeting and wondering what he'll say or what happens next. What feels like hours of anxious waiting its now my turn to go through those doors and into his office.
Read More"You have MS."
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Those are words I never imagined would be aimed at me, but there they were. A phrase that I will never forget. A phrase that changed my life. A phrase that made me feel disabled, like I would never live a 'normal' life. Here I am, 27 years old being given a diagnosis of MS, a progressive disease that is unpredictable and the same for no two people. Being a Registered Nurse and having some knowledge of MS, brain lesions and demyelination, my world felt like it had come crashing down.
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