# Other tests

**URL:** <https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/other-tests/77396>\
**Category:** New diagnosis and before diagnosis\
**Created:** [7 October 2024 14:41 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/other-tests/77396 "2024-10-07T14:41:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![lornak21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e274bd/32.png) [@lornak21](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/lornak21)\
**Post date:** [7 October 2024 14:41 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/other-tests/77396/1 "2024-10-07T14:41:35Z")

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Hi all,

Just wondering how you were all diagnosed? By MRI alone or other tests?  
Seeing my neurologist tomorrow after having MRI so just curious x

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**Author:** ![lornak21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e274bd/32.png) [@lornak21](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/lornak21)\
**Post date:** [7 October 2024 17:21 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/other-tests/77396/3 "2024-10-07T17:21:39Z")

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Thank you. I’m scared I can’t lie x

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**Author:** ![Hank\_Dogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@Hank\_Dogs](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Hank_Dogs)\
**Post date:** [8 October 2024 09:57 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/other-tests/77396/4 "2024-10-08T09:57:32Z")

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For me it was just an MRI which showed ‘quite a few lesions’ in my brain ( an MRI plus ‘presenting’ with optic neuritis)

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**Author:** ![Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@Kestrel](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Kestrel)\
**Post date:** [9 October 2024 01:51 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/other-tests/77396/5 "2024-10-09T01:51:24Z")

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Symptoms and an MRI. I had ‘fizzy feet’ and some numb patches of skin so went to the GP who referred me to a neuro. I had had optic neuritis about ten years before but at the time there was no mention of MS.

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**Author:** ![alison100](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/user_avatar/forum.mssociety.org.uk/alison100/32/1019_2.png) [@alison100](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/alison100)\
**Post date:** [9 October 2024 10:41 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/other-tests/77396/6 "2024-10-09T10:41:25Z")

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Clinical history + clinical exam + one MRI = MS in my case.

To make the dx super-secure, the neurologist wanted to do an LP as well, so that’s what happened. That confirmed matters.

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**Author:** ![CocoPops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@CocoPops](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/CocoPops)\
**Post date:** [9 October 2024 12:18 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/other-tests/77396/7 "2024-10-09T12:18:14Z")

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How did you get on? Hope all went ok.