Category: Diagnosis and Treatment
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The Best Doctors
The neurologist who first diagnosed me with MS had a horrible bed side manner and did not fill me with confidence about my ability to fight MS head on. That is one of the many reasons I didn’t see a neurologist for 7 years after my diagnosis. When my symptoms became impossible to ignore and…
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Denial and Diet
I went through a year of hard-core denial after my official diagnosis. I didn’t want to talk or hear about Multiple Sclerosis. That was pretty easy to do when nothing was changing physically. The first change I noticed was a slight foot drop in my right foot. It wasn’t noticeable to anyone else and would…
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An Official Diagnosis
After my first appointment with a neurologist in Bloomington, I learned that in order to get an official MS diagnosis I would first need an MRI to check for lesions on my brain and spinal cord. A lesion is where the nerve has been damaged by the body’s own immune system. They prevent signals from…
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How it all began
In the beginning of 2004, my husband, Jeremy, and I were enjoying the life of child-free young adults. I was working as a teachers’ assistant in Nashville, IN. Jeremy was in his second year of sales with Bounds and McPike Flooring. We spent a lot of our free time exploring the forests around our home.…