Fred

Curt <curtjames@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1183087306.473336.266260@n2g2000hse.googlegro ups.com:

> I've read that people can live there entire lives not realizing they
> have MS. That it has, in some cases at least, been diagnosed or
> observed post mortem. From what I know about the disease (very
> little), it's highly unpredictable. Is that true? The unpredictable
> part.

MS is a very unpredictable disease. It is different for everyone. Montel
Williams is seen as mixed in the MS community. People report that some
people think that if someone with MS isn't doing everything that Montel
does they just aren't trying hard enough. The alt.support.mult-sclerosis
newsgroup and mailing lists I am on are full of stories about misdiagnosis
and the like. One woman told of it being over 30 years between first
symptoms and diagnosis. Some people (especially women) are not taken
seriously by their Doctors when they report wierd symptoms. Some people are
told to relax or "take a vacation".

>> I have a new Neurologist that took over for my old one that is doing
>> me good.
>
> Good. Great! Best wishes for continued health, mobility, etc.

Thanks.

Fred.