Re: On when does TM become MS

ann lindstrom (allindstrom(AT)hotmail.com)
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 08:53:43 PST

Robert - the change from a DX of TM to MS can be tricky. After my
initial flare-up in 94, I have had other small episodes involving my
face. The doctors have gone from not MS, to maybe MS, to probable mild
MS, but no firm DX. I have thought for a long time that I have MS, and
thats what I tell people who do not know me well, since it is much
easier to understand. It can take years to get a definitive DX. Hang
in there - Ann

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My wife had her first episode at T-8 on September '97, and her neuro
called
it TM.
She had a second episode in late January '99, this time in her neck,
between C-5 and C-6.
We were told that once one has another episode at a separate spot, it is
then 'multiple', ergo the change of dx.
After the second attack, she was put on prednisone starting at 60mg a
day,
and tapering off.
She was also hospitalized for three days and given 500mg of
methylprednisone twice a day. To stabilize her, I guess. She is also
to
start on Avonex as soon as the ins.co (scumbags) approve it.

Any comments from y'all out there.......????

Robert in Elvisland.

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