It does sound like MS, but only your Neuro can tell you for sure. My best advice would be to track what you eat with MFP and do only the amount of exercise you feel you can. Every little bit will help, and if we lose slower than some people, it beats gaining! Good luck on your journey, and add me as a friend if you'd like some encouragement along the way

Meant to also say one lesion is not a lot in terms of ms. I had 2 lesions on my first episode, 2 more on my second three years later. I'm condidered to have a 'low lesion load' (though I havent had an mri in 3 years and so may have more but dont like to think about it!) I met someone with ms who told me he was getting 15 lesions with each ms attack. There are lots of conditions out there that cause lesions besides ms, including a one-off 'clinically isolated syndrome'. Bottom line is it may take some time to be diagnosed if you do have ms...just look after yourself and do all you can to help yourself...the earlier you start the better.

Hi Christine. I was 38 when I started noticing I would run in to the walls at work when I tried to go out the door. Didn't think much of it, because "grace" has never been my middle name. Then I started to literally fall off my horse when I went to do somethng simple like adjust one of my stirrups. Hmmm...this got me to thinking something was off.

Then I woke up one morning and could not see anything out of my right eye. Ok, I thought my contacts were dirty, cleaned them and went to work. My eyesight did not get any better, so when I got home I went to the ER. They thought I had detached my retina and rushed me to an ever bigger ER for help.
Neurological Ophthalmologist comes in and looks in my eye and tells me I have Optic Neuritis and MS, then hands me a book on MS and leaves the room.
Ok. I admit I was in shock. No history of MS in my family. Nada.

Went through over a year of testing to get the "official" diagnoses of RR MS. Several MRI's show only a few lesions, and most of these are behind my right eye and in my spine.

All I can tell you is that even before the offical diagnoses I knew my body well enough to know there was something wrong. Keep seeking answers until you get one. Change doctors if you need to and find one that will listen to you and work with you. I finally went to the Mayo Clinic here in AZ in June of this year. Best decision I have made. Wish I had gone much sooner as I now have a new neurologist who specializes in MS and it's treatments.

Whatever they find is happening with you and your body--Keep seeking the best treatments for yoursellf and your situation, I have found through several years of navigating the health care system that it is important to be your own advocate. Don't just set back and let things happen. Get involved, ask questions, This is yout health, your life.

I was on Copaxone for almost 15 years, and I kept telling my previous neurologists that I felt the Copaxone was no longer working. Turns out I was right.

Mayo neurologist put me on Tysabri. I just had my 3rd infusion, and I am finally starting to feel better again, and resume my life with our horses.

Hang in there. Keep trying and keep asking questions. I don't think most doctors give their patients enough credit for knowing their own bodies. I know that I know mine, and I am glad I finally found a doctor who listens to me and will work wih me and not just throw pills in my direction.

I wish you all the best.

I have been diagnosed for 12 years. It took 3 years for a final diangosis, insurance didn't want to pay for MS meds. When I was first told I had MS I weighed 275 pounds. My doctor didn't give me any advice regarding diet or exercise. After about a year of freaking out I decided I can't control MS, but I can control my reaction to it. I can't control my body, but I can control what I eat and if I can move I better do it because that might not always be the case. I worked with my regular doctor and she suggested water aerobics for exercise. This worked great! With diet and water aerobics I lost over 120 pounds. Then my Grandma got sick, and I got optic neuritis, then Grandma died. The weight started creeping back up. Then my Mom was diagnosed with cancer and I spent a lot of time cooking for her and my dad and the weight continued to creep up. Then she went in the hospital and there was no more exercising and diet was hospital food for almost 6 months. Which is NOT as healty as you might think!! Then Mom died and I didn't care about diet and exercise at all. In total gained back 60 pounds. I am lucky with MS, I'm remitting relapsing and mostly remitting. I live a normal life, and most co-workers do not know I have MS. I am no longer close to a gym that has a water aerobics class at a rate I can afford so I am back to walking. I just do it when it's cool. Otherwise I'm too wore out for much else. Good luck on your journey. Keep a positive attitude, I can't stress this enough. You are not alone.