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572651 tn?1530999357

Age of Diagnosis

JohnnieBear  has a thread that asks you to list what age you were when you were given the dx of MS.  I would love to see this information as numbers/percentages as well.  Please take the time to indicate your age at the time of your MS diagnosis. Thanks, Lulu
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572651 tn?1530999357
bump to tandem with Quix's poll on length to dx
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147426 tn?1317265632
My first symptoms were at age 47, but diagnosed at 55.

Quix
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382218 tn?1341181487
Dx'ed at age 39.  Experienced first symptom - Lhermitte's sign - at age 38.
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611606 tn?1315517767
I was DX on Jan.29,1986, but possibly had it since early 70's, who knows for sure.
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1116556 tn?1345115906
Dx at 31 with ON and numbness.  First symptoms at 19 with spacticity in hips.
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First symptoms that I remember age 36.
Dx age 37...I'm 39 now.
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