If I Was Diagnosed With MS By Lesions On The Brain, What Does A Clear Lumbar Test Say?

Hi Alicia5555,

You do have M.S.; it may have been caught early enough to save you the trouble of disability, but you DO have MS.

I suggest that you talk with your neurologist about beginning treatment right away since that is the only way to keep any possible disabilities at bay.  

Have you been in touch with MSAA (Multiple Sclerosis Association of America) or NMSS (National Multiple Sclerosis Society)?  Get in touch with them since they can provide you with invaluable information.   Each of the drug companies (Teva, Serono and Bayer, to name a few) has a toll-free number at which you can contact a specially trained M.S. Nurse who can answer your questions.  If you are going to need help paying for your prescriptions, please get in touch with the folks at Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA); they are a wonderful resource to fall back on.

I was formally diagnosed with Relapsing-Remitting M.S. In February 2006 after having had my initial attack in March of 1988.  There was nothing they could do for me at that time since the first drugs became available in 1993.  

Good luck, and please talk to your doctor or call the M.S. Society.  You can also write to me, if it makes you feel better.

Hugs and prayers,

Jo.

Please help me ,i have many ms lesions on the brain.and everytime i see a new neurologist there seems to be more lesions,they tell me it can t be ms because my lumbar n evoked tests were fine,yet i have every symptom,my walk is getting worse and my pain level is killing me at times (doc s also said ms patients don t have pain  .please help me i have come to believe it is ms,all i want is to start treatment so my lesions do not grow at the rate they have been,my memory is so problematic that i need help with basic things.why am i having such a hard time finding a doctor

NOTHING. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MS AND I DIDN'T HAVE LEISIONS OR    A POSITIVE LUMBAR PUNCTURE. SO IF YOU HAVE THE LEISIONS BUT A CLEAR LUMBAR PUNCTAR. YOU STILL HAVE MS. IT JUST DIDN'T SHOW UP IN THE LUMBAR PUNCTAR.