Hi, Grace,
When Jack and I went to Johns Hopkins, we saw a neuro named Dr. Jeff Rumbaugh, who is in Dr. Kerr's team. He performed a long, very thorough exam and said he was 99% sure I had 'TM' but wanted to rule out that 1% chance I had MS so he had me do another brain MRI which came out negative so he, in turn, said he was correct in his initial diagnosis of TM. This was Jan. of 2007. He was the third neuro that did the very same thing. I guess we just know as I think they don't either in most cases since we TM'ers are a rare bunch, right? Jeanne in Dayton -------Original Message------- From: Grace M. Date: 5/3/2008 11:22:18 AM To: Carol Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TMIC] Steriods AGAIN! Hello Carol, I belong to an extremely large MS group, and many members have, in fact, been diagnosed with MS with a relatively clean MRI. MS is a *rule in, rule out* type of disease. Many are also extremely frustrated, that they are still having severe problems and cannot get a definitive diagnosis. The thing is, an individual can have a few small lesions, and be severely disabled, while another, presenting with many, can still be relatively symptom free. Grace
