I want to include a history with significant events so far. I have already forgotten when certain things occurred and I need to reference them from time to time. Hopefully this will let me keep track of things better. I'm going from memory here, so some of the dates will be guesses. November 2000Diagnosed with relapsing-remitting ms (the writer/editor/proof-reader in me wants to capitalise those words, but I'm taking a stand, small as it may be!). Symptoms were weakness and tingling in my right hand, which was particulary noticeable as my husband Glen (nick: Tig) and I were owner-building our house and doing lots of physical labour. After many weeks seeing a back specialist for chiropractic-type corrections to help what I suspected was a pinched nerve, he sent me for x-rays, found nothing, then referred me to a neurologist for an MRI. By that time, the tingling/numbness/strange sensation had spread all down my right side and felt like a band around the right side of my torso. The MRI plus history confirmed the diagnosis. In retrospect, I had probably had at least two episodes in the two years prior to diagnosis. One episode with weakness in my left hand and one that affected my vision. I had a course of oral prednisolone and three weeks off work. Episode seemed to pass. After my diagnosis, I suspected that my mum also had ms as it would explain a whole swag of mystery symptoms that had come and gone for her over many years.