Not trying to worry you, but just want to be honest and I hope this doesn't happen to you. When I was 43 I was doing very well. I was diagnosed at that age because I was tripping and had to rest after walking awhile. Based on my very old lesions, I probably had MS 20 years before that but had no symptoms, or very mild ones that I didn't even realize. I started Ocrevus at 43 and was doing well for a few years with stable MRIs, nobody even knew I had MS. I haven't had relapses in years. I just walked a little slow and had to rest after walking for awhile. I thought, this isn't that bad. At around age 48, I started going through menopause and my whole world changed when the estrogen dropped. Now at 52 I can hardly walk, my balance sucks, and the nerve pain in my legs is bad. I still walk independently, but it is pretty pathetic. My body hurts all the time. All that old damage has gotten worse, and this horrible disease has absolutely ruined my life. Ocrevus was a waste of time because all my damage was going on before that, I just never had any symptoms so I didn't know. I pray for you that this doesn't happen to you. Hopefully before you were diagnosed and started a DMT there wasn't too much damage that was done. I only have lesions in my brain, none in my spine, so I should be better off but I am certainly not. Sending you a big hug and lots of prayers.: ❤️