About 3yrs ago I caught Ross River Fever. I had been swimming in the Murray River at night, and may have contracted it then. I had the full works of symptoms over the next month, fever, rigours, sweating, lethargy, dizziness, headaches, nauseau absolute exhaustion. dizziness remained intermittently, imbalance, especially when bending, or reaching at low heights. The doctor thought it was Menieres disease, and sent me for an MRI. This confirmed multiple lesions, and has been 'diagnosed' as Multiple Sclerosis. A diagnosis is a valuable tool.
With a diagnosis, I now look closely at my health and to educate myself.
I was shocked, confused, despondent and depressed. The prognosis is poor; debilitating symptoms can come and go unpredictably, and eventually debility and loss of function continues. My mental state that matches this news I call 'diagnosis syndrome'.
Then I started to read about the other end of the spectrum, yes people can stay well. And my situation is individual to me, I'm still making the decisions.
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