As neat a summing-up of the democratic politicians’ fiscal dilemma as you could find in a nine-day march. 
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Oh @alison100 did I not say that I’m a budding politician? 
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Good luck!
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Ho Ho @alison100 and it’s not even Christmas yet! But, you can have another..Ho Ho Ho 
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I have only just been diagnosed with RRMS and as I understand it, I will see my MS specialist neurologist once a year going forward. I think I am also on the ‘patient initiated follow up’ list and can request to see him in between if I think I need it. I guess my first port of call will be my MS nurse and she will help to get me into the neurologist if needed. Or I can contact the neurology secretaries.
I think I also get an MRI scan once a year, though I’m less sure of that.
Where I live (part of Yorkshire) there is a lack of neurologists. I originally asked to see someone in a different, nearby neurology team who was an MS specialist neurologist, due to the lack of neurologists and long wait times in my area.
However, my neurologist is doing clinics in my area now, to support my local trust, so that means a bit less travelling which is helpful.
I am also very lucky in that a friend of mine is an MS specialist neurologist in a different area of the country so she has been helping me navigate the system eg recommending who i asked to be referred to.
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Wishing you well that your ms doesn’t progress fastly or gets too debilitating for you @lnp8acr . Different priorities for different parts of the country. Postcode lottery as it’s often said.
Thank you. It seems very hit and miss for people in different areas