tiarah

I went to my eye doctor the other day because of pain in my right eye and i have been bothered by one of his comments. I have pain in my eye and thought that perhaps the optic neuritis had come back. He said it hadn't but he also told me that with MS there is NO pain. I have not yet been diagnosed and am waiting for my appointment on teh 4th. He is an ophthalmologist. He first diagnosed me in '97 with optic neuritis. When I told him that I had an abnormal reading on my MRI he told me "well I could have told you that years ago". I did not know that optic neuritis is the first sign of MS. When I asked him why he didn't he said "why would I make you nervous, it's been 8 years and you are now getting symptoms. Well that is NOT true. I have been dealing with on and off symptoms for MANY years but just basically poo-pooed them away thinking it was other things as when he sent me for an MRI back then it was normal. Is he right in not telling me? When I asked him if the results of "small white matter changes with demyelination" could be something else he said no. Isn't there a chance this could be something other than MS? Aren't there supposed to be "lesions" on teh scan? Shouldn't the word "lesion" be on the results? Please explain this if you can. Thanks.