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diagnosis age??

luvmekk
luvmekk
when was everybody diagnosis with this blessed disease? what age? me, myself i was diagnosed jan 5 2007. i was 31 yrs old. thanks, kelly
deleted_user
deleted_user
I am so lucky - I was 19. I had symptoms at 17, but wasn't diagnosed until I moved to a city.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I was diagnosed at 27. The doctor told my I was old and that was a good thing..... Ha
I am now 40 and have not aged a day if I do say so myself....ha ha ha
deleted_user
deleted_user
Nov 5 2007 found out.Nice early Birthday present.I am now 25 soon to be 26
deleted_user
deleted_user
I was 29. But symptoms appeared at age 21.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Aug 12, 2000. I was 39, but symptoms since early 70's
deleted_user
deleted_user
i was 29 and got the final word 2 days after christmas. it was the best present EVER!!

but my dr. thinks that i started with my symtoms when i was 19.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I was 43, I think my first exasperation was at 16.
deleted_user
deleted_user
DX RRMS this year, right before I turned 40. DX possible SPMS a few weeks ago. I think I was about 12 yrs old when I had my first symptom.
luvmekk
luvmekk
thank u all for your replies. i wish the best for evry1. regards, kelly
SpyderNCSU
SpyderNCSU
I was 54 years young, February 2nd, 2007. Symptoms go back for about 3 years before that.
LarryLDN
LarryLDN
Better question?

I'll start a new one for it....

"At what age did your mother or father first call you a hypochondriac or deny your complaint(s) of headache/something?"
deleted_user
deleted_user
I first started having eye problems around my son's first birthday, 1998 (he is my first child) and was diagnosed about 3 months later. I was 30.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I was dx on my daughter's birthday! I was 26 years old.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I was DX 4/14/2007 and i was 40
deleted_user
deleted_user
dx'd at age 52. Noticed my first get my attension trip-up wierd sx, at age 33 yrs.