CBS News(@CBSNews):DeMonica Amerson's diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in 2001 had been a shock. No one in her family had ever had the autoimmune condition, and it had been difficult to diagnose. Doctors had first thought she had optic neuritis because her symptoms were in her eyes. Then they suspected lupus. After a spinal tap, she was diagnosed with MS.

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DeMonica Amerson's diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in 2001 had been a shock. No one in her family had ever had the autoimmune condition, and it had been difficult to diagnose. Doctors had first thought she had optic neuritis because her symptoms were in her eyes. Then they suspected lupus. After a spinal tap, she was diagnosed with MS.