I have not been dx'd yet but My family doctor said I definitely have the points under the "new system" whatever that means. My Rh app. is Monday. My neurologist also believes that I may have Ra. also along with probable MS and definitely diabetes ( I have been dx'd with diabetes for a few years.). They all seem to come in bunches. 

The system your doctor is referring to is the criteria developed by the American College of Rheumatology that sets the bar for diagnosing RA and its related diseases. Since there is not one specific test for RA (and a positive RA factor does not mean you have it) you have to mean 4 of the list of 7 criteria.

I just talked to a friend of mine who has had MS since she was in her early 20's and is now around 55. 

She remembers that spasms and tics are down there on the very long list of symptoms of MS and is usually a result of muscle loss and/or weakness. But she says her spasms are visually noticeable.  Her particular case started with problems controling her eye movement and wide spread pain through out her body and then a flare us which rendered her paralized for a period of time.  Over the years she has had difficulty controling her tremors and has not has had no sensation in legs and hands for over 10 years.  She drops things often and falls a lot as she says it feels like she is walking through mud and can't feel where she is putting her feet. 

Now remember with MS the symptoms are very different with each individual.  What one MS patient endures another may never see.

Question, aside from looking at test results, why would a neurologist think you have RA?  And if test results are already indicating it, why is there a maybe? And shouldn't it be a neurologist who gives the finally say in whether you have MS as it is neurological.  An MRI to see damaged nerve casing is the best bet of diagnoses and that is he/her job. A positive MRI is not a "probably."  Is a rheumie supposed to be diagnosing your MS as well?

At any rate, I am sure you can't wait for Monday.  this is a very intriguing mystery.

Thanks for the reply. My Ms is probable because I do not have all the "positive" results yet. My spinal fluid does shoe the "banding" of proteins in ms patience but my mri did not show any lesions yet. It is not uncommon for someone who is thought to have developed primary progressive ms to go a year or more without a dx. My neuro wants me to go to a rheumie doctor because of the swelling and severe pain in my wrists and the base of my fingers. He will not provide a dx. it needs to be a rheumatologist.He is going to give me the dx for ms not the rheumie (as soon as I meet all the criteria).

Thanks

Dan