recurrence, healling or MS?
steve cappelson (cappelson(AT)ntwrks.com)
Wed, 31 Dec 1997 18:33:00 -0500
I have had TM since Jan. 97. I recently had another attack. This makes
two since the original. It was at the site of my original attack
t6. My neurologist immediately put me back on iv solu medrol. You
never know if its the steroids or your natural healing that solves the
problem but I began better a few days to a week latter. My numbness now
had reached up to level my lesion. On the last day of the solu-medrol
iv my neurologist examined me and noticed that my right leg was much
weaker than my left. We then did a spinal tap and a MRI. The spinal
fluid was much clearer then ever, it had always showed the bands and the
MRI was
clear of any lesions. But the one leg being weaker than the other was
the nail in the coffin. It's a classic symptom of MS. My neurologist
wants to start me on avonex (which is an
immune therapy used by MS patients to delay their attacks) and see a MS
specialist. My doctor can't call my illness MS yet but he sure is
leaning that way. Worst of all he said that my MS would be chronic-
progressive. Is this a recurrence, healing or MS? I would like to hear
any ones thoughts about this.
Steve