MRI stable for years but now wheelchair user

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Hi. Just wondered if anyone else has this issue. When I was diagnosed 8 years ago I was walking just with a very slight limp. Now I am a full time wheelchair user. My MRIs have not changed in all of that time though and I still struggle to get my head around this. Does anyone else have this??

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It sounds like it might be a case of Smouldering MS.

Research: big data and smouldering MS - by Gavin Giovannoni

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https://www.mssociety.org.uk/news-and-research/explore-our-research/emerging-research-and-treatments/smouldering-ms-and-pira

Here’s an article on the main part of the MS Society site. It’s not very cheering, I’m afraid, but then we already know that!

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I did smile at the bit in that MS Soc article that said that one example of progression independent of relapses (PIRA - the fancy name for smouldering MS) was the kind of foot drop that only appears when one goes for a run(!) We’re all going to be nodding vigorously in recognition at that one, no? :rofl:

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