Hi everyone,
I have posted here before but I did not introduce myself. I had an appointment with my MS specialist and he is very confused. I was wondering if anyone has had any similar experiences.
This all started in 2006 while I was in my Last trimester with my daughter.
Over the course of about four weeks I lost complete vision in my right eye followed by numbness and tingling that started in the bottoms of my feet and got so bad that I lost the ability to walk or even hold a glass. I did not want steroids because I was pregnant and everything resolved completely on its own.
now six years later I am having weird symptoms. My legs are very weak, pins and needles and the worst part is muscle spasms everywhere but mostly in my legs that leave golf ball size bruises on my legs.
So back for testing I went... My MRI is normal now but My old MRI showed one lesion in my upper spine, My brain MRI was always normal which my doctor found to be strange because they did find that I had optic neuritis in 2006.
My evoked potential showed abnormalities in the lower extremities. This is why the doc is confused he doesn't want to rule out MS just yet and now wants a spinal tap done ( I am terrified about this)
At this point I am so confused and I don't want to waste their time if this is not MS.
So I guess I am just looking for some advise/experiences for the wonderful people on this forum.
I have posted here before but I did not introduce myself. I had an appointment with my MS specialist and he is very confused. I was wondering if anyone has had any similar experiences.
This all started in 2006 while I was in my Last trimester with my daughter.
Over the course of about four weeks I lost complete vision in my right eye followed by numbness and tingling that started in the bottoms of my feet and got so bad that I lost the ability to walk or even hold a glass. I did not want steroids because I was pregnant and everything resolved completely on its own.
now six years later I am having weird symptoms. My legs are very weak, pins and needles and the worst part is muscle spasms everywhere but mostly in my legs that leave golf ball size bruises on my legs.
So back for testing I went... My MRI is normal now but My old MRI showed one lesion in my upper spine, My brain MRI was always normal which my doctor found to be strange because they did find that I had optic neuritis in 2006.
My evoked potential showed abnormalities in the lower extremities. This is why the doc is confused he doesn't want to rule out MS just yet and now wants a spinal tap done ( I am terrified about this)
At this point I am so confused and I don't want to waste their time if this is not MS.
So I guess I am just looking for some advise/experiences for the wonderful people on this forum.
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