Questions in The Neurology Forum are being answered by doctors from The Cleveland Clinic , consistently ranked one of the best hospitals in America. I'm sure some of these things affect the MS and at the same time need to be addressed individually. I feel like I'm going from doctor to doctor and getting no where. I'm a 54 year old woman who has had to put my career on hold, and I want to go back to work. I think I'm a mess.
Nothing has historically.
It would appear that you have a number of distinct problems involving different organ systems thence it is difficult to find one specialist who can get an overview and co-ordinate all of your treatments, in this situation an internist is often an ideal person to consult since they are trained in a wide range of subspecialty disciplines and can pull various problems together better than someone who is very focused on one area. The knee and back problems are obviously fairly clear-cut in terms of their origin and need not necessarily confuse the issue further. The cold feet and suggest a circulatory disorder or a peripheral neuropathy , the peripheral neuropathy is further suggested by your symptom of numbness. In any patient with MS any fever will cause disproportionate weakness and lack of energy. I feel you need a full general internal medical work up to find the source of this fever, presumably infectious but the list of possibilities is long and also includes immune disorders , this work-up is probably best carried out under the care of a board certified internist who will be capable of taking an overall view of your complex medical history.