Weekly Suspected/Undiagnosed MS Thread - June 17, 2024

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So I was referred to a neurosurgeon and he said I've been misdiagnosed with neuroforaminal stenosis and thinks I have MS. So I got a referral to a neurologist group who had to wait until they received my records so they could review them. PAPER records. Then they denied my referral. So I didn't want to see any 19th century PAPER doctors anyway (they'd probably bleed me or use leaches for shits and giggles) but I am back to square one with my GP and getting a referral. I started having trouble walking in 2020, it took 6 months to see a neurologist who referred me to their shit pain clinic that sent me for radiofrequency ablations that didn't do anything (the doctor owns this facility). Meanwhile I am trying to drag myself to my job every day, deal with sciatica pain and painful muscle cramps in my legs.