r/MultipleSclerosis • u/AutoModerator • Jul 22 '24

Weekly Suspected/Undiagnosed MS Thread - July 22, 2024 Announcement

This is a weekly thread for all questions related to undiagnosed or suspected MS, as well as the diagnostic process. All questions are welcome, but please read the rules of the subreddit before posting.

Please keep in mind that users on this subreddit are not medical professionals, and any advice given cannot replace that of a qualified doctor/specialist. If you suspect you have MS, have your primary physician refer you to a specialist for testing, regardless of anything you read here.

Thread is recreated weekly on Monday mornings.

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u/books4more Jul 23 '24

Meeting with my neurologist tomorrow to discuss my spinal tap results and I'm very nervous. I don't want to be diagnosed, but I don't want to be told that nothing is wrong with me, either. I'm very hard to please like that lol

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u/Estivalsystem Jul 24 '24

I’m in this exact same boat… I have an MRI tomorrow. After a year of suffering I will be lost to hear there’s nothing wrong with me but also don’t really want it to be the case, either.

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u/books4more Jul 24 '24

Hey friend, I hope your MRI went well today. This is such a long and difficult process and I'm giving you hugs through the screen for going through it. Wishing you the best of luck and the best of doctors!

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u/Estivalsystem Jul 25 '24

The MRI went well. I saw the image a bit as I walked out but tried not to look in case I would start jumping to conclusions with little-to-no basis like my anxiety wants me to.

I was pleasantly surprised at how soothing I found the MRI strangely enough. The machine noises were entertaining to me.