Hi everyone - new to posting, but have taken comfort and support from reading numerous posts across the forum.
I received my brain MRI on 28/4, which showed “extensive lesions” and was “suggestive of Multiple Sclerosis”.
My GP was fab; sent off a referral to neurology straight after GP received the urgent MRI report, and today my referral was accepted and I received an appointment to see a neurologist at the end of this month (28/5); I’m shocked (in a good way) by how quickly everything is moving, and for getting an appointment within the same month, as I know there can normally be delays at this stage.
I have been keeping a symptoms diary for the past 2 months, and have prepared a summary of ‘notable events/symptoms’ over the years - I’m hoping they will come in useful for the neurologist, in terms of discussing my history.
Is there anything else I should expect at the neurology appointment, apart from discussing symptoms?
Your GP sounds like a star.
It’s a worrying time for you, but there’s not much to be done about that except try to stay calm and be patient. You’re in the system now and you’re on the way to finding out what the matter is. I hope that you don’t have to wait too long.
Don’t worry about preparing for the appointment. A brief list of bullet points of dates can be helpful as an aide memoire, but don’t overthink it - it’s more a matter of you knowing that you have something to refer to in case you’re like me and inclined to forget her own name when confronted by a white coat. But it is very helpful that you have had an MRI already and by the sound of your GP he or she will have sent a clinical history with the referral. Doctors the world over really, really listen to what other doctors say, and what scans say, so that’s a great start. It’s not all down to you being super-eloquent on the day, so don’t feel like it is!
You might want to take someone with you to the appointment. I tend to do that with non-routine appointments and that can be very reassuring too.
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Hi Lauren. Well that’s good of your GP! Hats off to him/her.
Hard to say what to expect at the session with the Neurologist. It’s possible that the subject of treatments might be raised so it might be worth just having a quick look through the range and types of treatments ( if treatments are discussed then you won’t be asked to make a decision there and then but no harm in beginning to familiarise yourself with the different types/ pros and cons etc)
P.S I clicked on your name and saw that you have two cats . Reminds me of the phrase ‘ Dogs have owners, cats have servants’ 
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Thank you for the suggestion, @Hank_Dogs 
And that quote is definitely right about cats haha
Thank you, @alison100, that is super helpful and reassuring - I know what you mean about speaking with doctors, I apparently get ‘White Coat Hypertension’, and always worry I don’t explain myself properly, and forget to mention things!
I’m going to take someone with me, and have a short list ready as a prompt like you have suggested.
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We used to have 2 cats, each determined to do his own thing. Never a moments rest!
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