Hello to all! Last week I popped into the chat room...thanks to all who gave me a friendly welcome. My name is Susan, 49 years old, Minnesota born and raised, mother of three boys, was in accounting, changed occupations due to cognitive troubles. I am currently a pet nanny and I love my job! My furry friends don't care if I struggle to find the right words...they read my mind. Here's my short MS story...
It started about a year ago with cognitive trouble, fatigue and tingling in my arms. I thought I was just getting old, however I did start yoga thinking I may have a pinched nerve to some relief. Then, the symptoms kept coming; nerve pain in legs, spasticity and tingling, trouble swallowing, sharp headaches, double vision, loss of taste and smell, etc... My PCP sent me to a Neuro in June; low B12 = injections, Abnormal MRI(but did not explain), raised IgG in CSF, no O. Bands...so he sent me away and said come back in 6 months. My PCP told him I need to come back sooner, so I did. He scheduled me to have a second MRI - set for tomorrow.
Having said all that, I am so nervous he won't find anything significant for a diagnosis and away I will go...again...waiting...meanwhile, nobody but my mother believes I am sick. Thank goodness for her, bless her heart, or I would think I was a "nut job"!
There's my short story! Glad to be here where others understand!
It started about a year ago with cognitive trouble, fatigue and tingling in my arms. I thought I was just getting old, however I did start yoga thinking I may have a pinched nerve to some relief. Then, the symptoms kept coming; nerve pain in legs, spasticity and tingling, trouble swallowing, sharp headaches, double vision, loss of taste and smell, etc... My PCP sent me to a Neuro in June; low B12 = injections, Abnormal MRI(but did not explain), raised IgG in CSF, no O. Bands...so he sent me away and said come back in 6 months. My PCP told him I need to come back sooner, so I did. He scheduled me to have a second MRI - set for tomorrow.
Having said all that, I am so nervous he won't find anything significant for a diagnosis and away I will go...again...waiting...meanwhile, nobody but my mother believes I am sick. Thank goodness for her, bless her heart, or I would think I was a "nut job"!
There's my short story! Glad to be here where others understand!
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