Three month review!!

So I was diagnosed in January and was told that I would have a follow up appointment with my neurologist  - he is not an MS Specialist, and my Dr decided he would like me to be seen by an MS Neurologist  - these guys reside in Belfast City Hospital and with over 4000 MS sufferers in N.Ireland they are very busy people!

The top man is hard to come by and there is a waiting list of six months, but three weeks after my Dr saying he was going to make a referral for me, I got an appointment card to go see the top man. I was very surprised and grateful.

My three month review actually happened four months later... which isn't bad really. My appointment was scheduled for  7th May - so off we went to the City Hospital to see this man and see what he had to say about my MS - he confirmed it was Relapsing Remitting MS and was surprised that I had had relapses since I was originally told I had mild MS! Not true! 

We had to wait for two hours to see the neurologist because like I said before, he is a popular man and very busy - there were loads of people in the waiting home and it was a bit scary as there were people in wheelchairs and people who could barely move - it was a hard wait as that could be me one day maybe or maybe not.... but its one day at a time! 

Because my man was busy and it was an initial appointment I was seen by another guy who did all the preliminary's - checking my reflexes etc and taking my case history. And then I saw the man himself who said that yes, I have relapsing remitting MS, and he wanted to see me in another three months and also have an MRI done again to see how the lesions are doing - have they gone and are there new ones etc....

After arriving for my 11am appointment at 10.45am, I finally left the hospital just after 1pm. I was tired - emotionally, mentally and physically - time for lunch and then home. 

And even though I had changed my neurologist I actually got my three months review appointment card with my original neurologist in June with the appointment scheduled for August - bit late really! Glad I got changed.