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[mara920]

Findings: There are two small 2-3 mm hyperintense lesions in left cerebral hemispheric white matter.These are nonspecific. One small periventricular lesion may be presenton the sagital proton sequence.

Impression: There appear to be several small (2-3 mm) T2 hyperintense leions in left cerebral hemispheric white matter. There are nonspecific and campatible with small foci of gliosis. Differential diagnosis includes multiple entities succ as vasculitis, demyelinating disease, posttraumatic gliosis and viral disease.

about 5-6 months ago I started falling quite often. Now the arms a aching, numbness in hands and arms. sharp pains down the side of my jaw. Legs and feet go numb also and ache. No headaches, eye pain in the right, like someone has their finger in the socket.  Heres the biggy! My speech is now going haywire, having trouble getting out the words. Looking back I have been stummbling for yrs. about 5 yrs. ago the left arm went very weak had xrays no bone cancer. That went away in a few months. 1yr ago the knees and hips were aching like 80 yr old women. hard to get up and down. That went away in a few months. Now everything is back. Thats what made me go to the doc. GP. Something does not feel right. GP sys MS Last Friday Neuro doc says no. Not sure what it is. His answer was welcome to 50!  this guy was a real fruit cake. Come to find out he's not an MS doc.Doesn't know much about it. Said he would send me to have a Spinal Tap. I guess i will know soon. Someone  Please Help with any thoughts.  Mara920

[mara920]

Thanks Lulu, I;m not going back to the Neuro.Looking for another. My GP is doing the LP. Did have some blood work, not sure what he had done.  What blood work needs to be done? also hear that the LP is not accerate all the time?

[Lulu54]

Hi Mara,
Welcome.  I hope you will find lots of useful information here .

My thoughts immediately are you need to kick this neuro to the curb- you don't need anyone who is going to blame age for all of your symptoms.

You need to be seen by someone who knows MS and is current on the diagnosis and treatment of this disease and not a fruit cake.  I would make a joke here about the uselessness of fruitcake, but unfortunately I have to confess I actually like the edible kind.  Your kind though needs to go.

A spinal tap - lumbar puncture is a much better name for this procedure - wil not prove anything on its own.  I would hold off and have this done by the MS neuro and not this guy.  It may not even be necessary.

You don't mention blood work - have you had lots of labs done to rule out all of the MS Mimics?  There are many disease that look and act like MS, some even have lesions.

Keep working on getting those answers  - you deserve to know what is going on.  But keep in mind it can really take lots of time for some people , you may be in that unfortunate group.

be well,
Lulu