Hello,
i received confirmation of my diagnosis in early June and had Lem in mid-August so about 6 weeks. You need a good month to get on the anti- listeria diet and get all the screening done. Think the wait times are different at different hospitals.
I’ve not had an LP. I think having o-bands is supportive evidence of MS (and can help monitoring treatment according to Barts - but people don’t want routine LPs!) - but it is neither necessary nor suffice by for a diagnosis and, once you’ve got the diagnosis, doesn’t relate to whether your ms is “active” or not (which is the NICE criteria requirement for treatment on the NHS - just means evidence of two or more attacks over two years).
K