Hi There!
I’m new to this site. I have been having symptoms majorly for the last couple of years, but piecing things together probably longer! I started with migraines young and always knew it was a problem, my eyesight became worse - I figured I work with computers all day and migraines affect this also, makes sense! I’d had an MRI on my head to show I have chronic cluster migrain, got medication for that - they’ve been brilliant since. This MS journey started by doctors thinking that I’d had a stroke. Twice. I had numbness on my left side of the face and body, which took a few weeks to come back. I still have numbness in my arms and fingertips, I still get tingles and pains mainly in my legs and I get a squeezing/hug sensation around my waist area. They couldn’t find anything to suggest a stroke and hospital doctors and my GP suggested I should be tested for MS. I’d never heard of MS and left it at that, take it as it comes. I don’t know my family history as I don’t know my family all too well on my mum’s side as we avoid them and my father was adopted - so not sure on his side at all. It was around an 8 month wait to be seen by a neurologist, who then referred me for an MRI scan on head, spine and cervix. I had my scan on the 11th of this month, I was in the scanner for around an hour (was told by the scanner there are a few delays so expect to hear back in around 8 weeks) , cut to today I have received a letter for a face to face appointment to discuss the results on Saturday 9th April. Now I’m in a bit of a panic as I didn’t expect to hear back so quickly. I wanted your opinions - do you think as this is a face to face I should expect the worst? Or as it came back so quickly, I should be ready to hear a different diagnosis?
Thanks in advance!
G