DEAR DR. GOTT: I have noticed every time you mention multiple sclerosis in your column, that you write with such gloom and doom regarding this disease. Surely you realize that there are many people walking around with this diagnosis and you would not even suspect that they have been diagnosed with MS.
I, myself, was diagnosed in 1994. My first neurologist told me to take a multi-vitamin and come back to see in him six months. When I returned, he said, “I thought you would be a lot worse by now based on the results of your MRI, so maybe you don’t have MS.” I asked, if I didn’t have MS, then what did I have? He responded, “I have no idea, but keep taking your multi-vitamin and come back to see me in six months.” Needless to say, I did not go back.
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