I am 6 months post and had my eye exam yesterday where I received some very good news. He had me do the good old “follow my finger or pen”  and of course I can’t see for myself but he told me that my left eye was a little jerky following it. My eye use to be so slow that when it got to a certain point it would sling to catch up with the right!

This test was done on me in April 1992 at my first visit with a neurologist and to my surprise he gave me his ruling.  95% sure you have MS so the next week I had my first MRI and it showed the white plagues on my brain. I had gone to this appointment by myself thinking I needed a back doctor instead! Needless to say I walked out of his office thinking I had been dealt the death card.  I called Jimmy in tears and we met at the apartment and had a good teary-eyed talk.

After learning what MS was all about, we realized it wasn’t a death sentence but a life in prison sentence!  As the years went by and my movement slowly went downhill, normal life became a big pain in the butt but Jimmy and I stuck it out.  Two weeks after my diagnosis, I had my first bout of optic neuritis and we decided the my fate had sure enough been sealed.

With my treatment with HSCT, I think my life sentence might be coming to an end.  I can now turn my head to both sides and only see one thing that I am looking at instead of two! Maybe one of these days the doctors will let me drive again. Best decision I ever made going to Clinica Ruiz in Puebla City Mexico!