Just over a week ago, my GP referred me for an MRI to 'rule out' multiple sclerosis, due to symptoms of eye pain/vision problems over the last two years and numb/week/tingling hands that has come on over the previous several weeks. When I asked how likely it was that MS would be just 'ruled out' he just responded that my symptoms are indicators of MS and need to be checked.
He said it was a 2-4 week wait for an MRI, but as I get private healthcare via work I decided to go private to hopefully get seen faster, however I can't get a private MRI without having seen a specialist first, so I'm now booked in with a private neurologist but the earliest I could get was in three weeks time.
In the last couple of days, my hands have started feeling a lot more 'odd' than they have been, very weak and tingly, and I am now suffering from pins and needles/tingling feelings in my feet. My lower left leg just generally feels odd/irritable.
I don't know if I am supposed to sit this out for another three weeks until my appointment, or if the fact symptoms are getting worse I should go and get seen to earlier, at maybe the walk-in centre (A&E seems too dramatic)?
Any advice?