Results: slow diagnosis
1.
1.
Have you ever had to wait for a long time to get a diagnosis for a medical condition? Yes
42%
•
614 votes
No
58%
•
865 votes
2.
2.
Were you misdiagnosed? Yes
22%
•
330 votes
No
78%
•
1149 votes
3.
3.
How frusterating was this? No big deal.
6%
•
92 votes
Somewhat annoying.
13%
•
194 votes
A big pain in the butt (or somewhere else).
14%
•
207 votes
Horrible. My life could not continue normally.
12%
•
172 votes
N/A
55%
•
808 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
•
6 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| n/a, but spelling frustrating wrong is. | 0.07% | 1 |
| i feel the mds should find out before they contact you. | 0.07% | 1 |
| 0.07% | 1 | |
| i have not gotten a diagnose yet... arghhh. | 0.07% | 1 |
| i nearly died because of the misdiagnosis. | 0.07% | 1 |
| it took 8yrs & 50 doctors later to diagnose my ms | 0.07% | 1 |
4.
4.
Did you eventually get better? Yes.
28%
•
407 votes
No. I still have to live with my condition.
21%
•
307 votes
N/A
52%
•
765 votes
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