I have been lurking around for a while now, and occasionally throwing in a comment. I thought I would go ahead and introduce myself.
My name is Tracy, and I am a 46 year old Army veteran and mother of 4. My MS symptoms started around 2002, when I was still in the Army. I left the army doctors scratching their heads when I lost half of the field of vision in my right eye for about 24 hours. 10 years later, I finally have a firm diagnosis of MS.
After getting out of the Army, I started in the VA's vocational rehab program and went back to college to study social work. I did well in all of my classes except for math. At this time, I had no idea that I had MS. I marched myself into the college's disability office in tears one day, a little over 2 years ago. I was convinced that some sort of learning disability was causing my difficulty in math. They referred me back to the VA for testing. They did a battery of psychological testing on me, and sent me for a new MRI. I never heard back from them. Being the stubborn person that I am, I attempted my math classes over and over again, and forgot about the testing.
Last September, I fell while getting ready for school one morning. I could not move my legs or talk. I went to the VA hospital, looking for answers. They sent me to a neurologist, who upon looking at my records, informed me that the last MRI that was done (2 years ago) had indicated MS. I was floored. How could they not tell me this?
The past year has been a blur of testing, a spinal tap, and more MRI's. Last month, the neurologist gave me a diagnosis of secondary progressive MS.............and I still can't pass that darned math class.
My name is Tracy, and I am a 46 year old Army veteran and mother of 4. My MS symptoms started around 2002, when I was still in the Army. I left the army doctors scratching their heads when I lost half of the field of vision in my right eye for about 24 hours. 10 years later, I finally have a firm diagnosis of MS.
After getting out of the Army, I started in the VA's vocational rehab program and went back to college to study social work. I did well in all of my classes except for math. At this time, I had no idea that I had MS. I marched myself into the college's disability office in tears one day, a little over 2 years ago. I was convinced that some sort of learning disability was causing my difficulty in math. They referred me back to the VA for testing. They did a battery of psychological testing on me, and sent me for a new MRI. I never heard back from them. Being the stubborn person that I am, I attempted my math classes over and over again, and forgot about the testing.
Last September, I fell while getting ready for school one morning. I could not move my legs or talk. I went to the VA hospital, looking for answers. They sent me to a neurologist, who upon looking at my records, informed me that the last MRI that was done (2 years ago) had indicated MS. I was floored. How could they not tell me this?
The past year has been a blur of testing, a spinal tap, and more MRI's. Last month, the neurologist gave me a diagnosis of secondary progressive MS.............and I still can't pass that darned math class.
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