Being brave and saying hello

Hi everyone, my name’s Jen, I was diagnosed with RRMS in 2017. I’m now 40. My old gp originally said it was M.E, that was almost 20 years ago now. I didn’t show any clear symptoms for a number of years, until one morning i woke up and couldn’t see out of my right eye. After a visit to my optician, he couldn’t see anything, but wanted me to go straight to eye a&e (I didn’t even know such a thing existed!) Turned out it was optic neuritis, long story short, after an mri, my neurologist diagnosed ms. So here I am. Happy to make some new friends :slight_smile:

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Hi Jen

Nice to meet you.

I am quite new to ms ( age 58) symptoms started last April with a slighly numb face.

Deb

Hi there,
I had optic neuritis and complete loss of vision of right eye too, back in 2000. It took a few months for vision to slowly return.
Nice to meet you, Jen.
Best,
JP

Hello and welcome. I found out there was an Ophthalmology A&E in much the same way as you. :grimacing:

Thanks everyone for making me feel welcome :blush:

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