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AGAIN, thank you, Kim! I have done so. Lisa

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My friend Eddie, I can tell you you're not alone with this. I am expecting an MS diagnosis in a few weeks...

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My friend Eddie, I can tell you you're not alone with this. I am expecting an MS diagnosis in a few weeks when I will meet an MS specialist at the Neuro Institute in Montreal. I have also been fighting HIV for 22 years. I am 46 now.
I have been experiencing some pretty bad neurological symptoms which have put me off work for 6 months. My HIV specialist had ordered an MRI which came back with significant lesions. A second MRI confirmed that a few weeks ago. So I was scheduled to see a neurologist in a few months but my case was reviewed again and I got fast-tracked straight into the MS clinic of the Neuro Institute.
So now I am almost certain that I have MS, I am just hoping now that its not a malignant type.
Although I can still walk, my feet numbess which started about 2-3 years ago is gradually increasing and a faster rate now. Sometimes, it will go above my ankle which makes walking akward and painful. The tingling which had started a year ago is now somewhat under control with meds but got so intense it was like I was continously electrified. This was the main thing that broke down my body which led me to stop working. I have returned to work now but other symptoms are starting to show up like dizziness and loss of balance and coordination, slurred speach, confusion, amnesia and blurred vision.
So I can say that I dont have the relapsing-remitting type but is more of the progressive type. And the speed of the progressivess is what is worrying me. ( and the fact that the malignant type is usually diagnosed in the early 40s vs 30s and is asscoiated more with men).
I know my current situation can be very anxious and that in itself will exacerbate my symptoms and I keep on reminding me that.

All this being said Eddie, I would be glad to share the information I will get from my MS specialist considering we share both the same conditions. I hope also he will have more information on treating both conditions.

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