I was diagnosed last summer with MS. I am 56. Is there a connection between these two diseases? I never had an EMG during the process toward MS diagnosis. I did have Multiple MRI's spine and head showing many lesions, lumbar puncture positive for shedding myelin, some weakness in limbs and...
My mom (mother of 10, all around amazing woman) was diagnosed August 10, 1986 and died at 68 years old 3 months later after progressing rapidly from her initial symptom which was a frozen shoulder. I was her daytime caregiver assisted by my nine brothers and sisters, various other family...