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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

FlaGranny

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8. Yes, I was diagnosed with an MRI.

Reply to newfie11 (Reply #7)

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 02:50 PM

Dec 2011

Maybe the doctor is right about not getting MS over age 50 BUT - and this is a big but - you can have it for many years, as I did, without being diagnosed and you can't be too old to get diagnosed. Doctors can have a one track mind. It is ridiculous to refuse to do a workup for a problem because you're too old to "get it" - because maybe you've always had it. I'm glad my docs have been a bit more open minded.

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recently diagnosed with MS, struggling with optical neuritis, any tips for coping? [View all] 0rganism Dec 2011 OP

I have MS too. FlaGranny Dec 2011 #1

I am curious newfie11 Dec 2011 #2

I think I was about 60 FlaGranny Dec 2011 #6

Thank you for the reply newfie11 Dec 2011 #7

Yes, I was diagnosed with an MRI. FlaGranny Dec 2011 #8

Yes you make a very valued point. Maybe it has been there but mild. newfie11 Dec 2011 #9

For 20 years I kept telling Doctors something was wrong. Downwinder Dec 2011 #10

It's A Crock ProfessorGAC Dec 2011 #18

my mother has a friend who blondie58 Aug 2012 #28

My optical neuritis symptoms were totally Downwinder Dec 2011 #3

i'm lucky it's just in one eye right now 0rganism Dec 2011 #4

Everything has been symetrical for me. If one eye is bad the other is just the same. Downwinder Dec 2011 #5

The only good thing about MS is that a lot of people are working Warpy Dec 2011 #11

Hi Warpy FlaGranny Dec 2011 #12

MS is characterized by exacerbation and remission Warpy Dec 2011 #13

Certainly, I have had proper diagnoses for both problems. FlaGranny Dec 2011 #14

sjogrens tru Apr 2012 #26

I was diagnosed with Celiac 13 years ago tavalon Jun 2013 #30

But, Not All Forms ProfessorGAC Dec 2011 #19

Sarcoidosis has been associated with celiac disease. Boudica the Lyoness Jan 2012 #20

Ah, coping..... tpsbmam Dec 2011 #15

several bouts of rather severe ON CountAllVotes Dec 2011 #16

I've Had MS for Nearly 19 Years ProfessorGAC Dec 2011 #17

I had optic neuritis back in '97,,, benld74 Apr 2012 #21

update 0rganism Apr 2012 #22

Glad To hear It ProfessorGAC Apr 2012 #24

Please try coconut oil! jxnmsdemguy65 Apr 2012 #23

Not all optic neuritis is MS. I had optic neuritis during a case of rat bite fever McCamy Taylor Apr 2012 #25

Dr. Terry Wahls sense Jun 2012 #27

Immune Disorders MysticLynx Sep 2012 #29