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 Your test came back positive for MS. We need to discuss treatment options. It wasn’t that cold actually. You see, my provider is also someone I Call friend. We both cried as she said the words I knew she would say. I had the results in my patient portal, but once she said them, THEY BECAME REAL. I have the disease process that I have seen the worst parts of for the last 16 years. It is ugly yall. But it doesn’t have to be. It is all in what you make it. In how you fight back to reclaim your life. Today, I am not much of a fighter. The fatigue I now understand is so much stronger than me. TODAY. Tomorrow is a fresh new day. Maybe tomorrow is the day I will be stronger. I am allowing myself until monday to mourn. Monday though. I am putting the boxing gloves on. Even if I only have enough strength to throw one punch. That is 1 more than I threw today. We can only hope to do a little more each day than we did the day before. I have the support system to speak positivity when I am stu...

 Claudia I am not sure why we cannot Correct your vision. try these new glasses for a week, and if you still cannot see come back for a field of vision test. You passes the field of vision test, let me dilate your eyes. Use these drops for 2 weeks and come back. I cannot correct your vision. Does this color look different in your left eye than the right? Claudia, we need to send you to your neurologist and a neuroophthalmologist. Claudia you may have MS. YOU MAY HAVE MS.  Mommy, the eye doctor thinks my vision loss could be MS. Mom: NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT. YOU DO NOT HAVE MS. WE WILL CLAIM THAT NOW! Husband- DAMN. Neurologist- it could all be migraine related. We will scan your head. Claudia you have a NEW LESION. There are several possibilities for the reason. Let’s scan your c-spine. Your c-spine looks good, but it is wishful thinking to believe that new lesion is migrainous. We have always believed your other lesions were migraine related. We need a spinal tap for the final puz...