Hi all, I am brand new here, and glad I found this place :)

In late March, I was very stressed out with work piling up and very
little rest. 10 days later, I was going blind in my right eye, went
to urgent care 2x, and finally got to an ophthalmologist who diagnosed
me with Optic Neuritis, and told me it could be a symptom of MS.
Before he diagnosed me, he had asked if I'd had any numbness or
anything, and I remembered that yes, there had been some instances of
numbness in my left leg last fall. I thought maybe I was getting a
little too chunky (!), and soon after lost about 25 pounds. Haven't
had the numbness since then. Then we started the MRI process. The
whole thing took 3 (annoying!) weeks -- from ophthalmologist to MRI to
meeting with a neuro to discuss the results.

It didn't show any definitive lesions! There was one bright spot that
the radiologist pointed out on his report (a "high signal focus"), but
it said it didn't look conclusively like anything in particular.
There were a few other bright spots not mentioned on the report, but
which the neurologist pointed out just to show that there could be
"unidentified bright objects" that usually don't mean anything, and
that he woul dfind these in a large percentage of the general population.

He didn't take a very detailed history at all -- I was all prepared
with details of other things that I thought may or may not be related.
(The leg numbness from last fall, very painful sciatic nerve a few
months ago, shingles on my left leg about 8 years ago.) When I asked
specifically about the leg numbness, he pretty much blew it off and
told me historical symptoms like numbness are of very little help for
diagnosis -- unless it had been severe, like 3-week paralysis, he
couldn't use it. He said that if I had any more symptoms, I should
come back, have them documented, and possibly repeat the MRI at that
time. He also said I had the option to do a spinal tap, but that it
also would not be conclusive.

Since then, I've had the same kind of numbness in my left foot, mostly
in the mornings, that comes and goes some days. It's numb right now.

I guess what I want to know is, should I get a 2nd opinion? Should I
get the spinal tap? I feel like I should. I didn't feel like the
doctor really listened to me... My symptoms are not as severe as
many, until the blindness, of course. THAT was kind of a problem :)
The leg numbness was strange, and slightly troubling as it recurred
and recurred -- until they went away.

Any opinions would help :)

Thanks,
Tara