My grandmother had MS she was diagnosed later in life but had it for several years before she was diagnosed. My mother was diagnosed in her mid 20s. I have  had symptoms on and off for about 10 years. I got sick again and have been sick since May. They have been trying to rule it out. I have had multiple MRIs that came back clean. I recently had the eye test done and have lesions on my optic nerve and my vision has really changed. The right eye stays dialated. My family dr feels that I have it too. So now I have to a movement specialist apptment because i have tremors. I do have a dr from st. louis who is an ms specialist but nothing would show up on my testing until the optic nerve was tested. I did have an asd closure on my heart 9 years ago. the heart issue was blamed for every symptom until now. so I have been told I have MS but they want me to see another specialist to make sure. So that could be your 3rd generation of MS.

Hollyk

11/19/11 9:11am

I'm sorry for what you've had to go through; I know how hard it is going to dr after dr just to hear-"there is nothing wrong that we can find"-yet your symptoms still remain-my demyelination was diagonse through an optic neurologist-I developed horner's syndrome- which is the one eye dialating when it shouldn't problem-my daughter is having problems now-my mother and i both have it-so, I was beinging to wonder if it were even possible. My daughter is only 18-but she was given the gaurdecel shots and MS is a biproduct of that vaccine for some girls...thank you for answering my question

 Yes I am it in a different way. My brother,sister and I both have MS.

Our family has AT LEAST three generations of MS.  My great Uncle had died of it. My mother and her two sisters have it and my sister and brother both have it.  I am still very much at risk for it but haven't had any symptoms.