Many doctors appointments followed over the next 2 years, eventually having an MRI followed by a lumbar puncture.

I would like to say I was well treated by the various doctors and specialists but the opposite was the case. 

At one point, my employers sent me to an orthopaedic surgeon despite my protestations that there was nothing orthopaedically wrong with me. That particular man was thoroughly nasty. I had been trying everything I knew to improve my health, acupuncture, homeopathy,oesteopathy etc, all at my own expense. He wrote to my employers, I got the sack.

I eventually got a copy of the letter he wrote— everything I’d tried he had in italics with exclamations and ended up saying I needed to see a psychiatrist and would never work again.
Finally after yet another struggle with doctors I had my MRI— it showed MS.

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I then had my lumbar puncture, and was told by the neurologist I had diabetic neuropathy, then changed that to MS — but it wouldn’t be too bad, I was in my early 30’s— I was in my early 40’s!!

I asked for help, was told there were leaflets downstairs— there were none.