Hi, I'm in the beginning stage of diagnosis-I've posted all about it under the "general..." board. It's all so perplexing. For years I have been having these problems and thought they were all fibromyalgia related-diagnosed in 1995...but after looking all the symptoms of MS up, It is all coming together and is explained!!! WOW. I ahd a MRI done on tues and (being too nosey and a nurse) I had to go on-line and see what a MS brain looks like, and then looked at mine and I could make out all these little white spots all over my scans. But I still had all this trust in the neuroloigist..HA !!!
I am 55 years old and he told me they (the spots) were related to age!! So my symptoms: severe fatigue-worsens with heat and severe cold, emotional or physical stress; blurred vision when fatigued, migrains, numb hands and a numb weird circular area below my left shoulder blade, difficulty swallowing, very poor memory, impaired cognitive process (finding words to say, making judgement calls,decisions) hand tremors for many years as well as ringing in ears for forever. Also not constipation in the sense of not going often, but in the hard stool and difficulty moving it.
In 2004 entire left side of body went numb for 2 days-negative tests-told by neurologist it was emotional;2008 double vision with such bad dizziness I couldn't stand-slowly got better after a week-all negative tests. But enough about that. I am single-which scares me alot right now, but I'm trying not to get too ahead of myself. I have 2 dogs, both rescues-a beagle named Toby and a German Pinscher-named Simon; 2 cats-a ragdoll named Spencer and a Norwegian Forest Cat named Phoebe and finally a Quaker Parrot named Skye. I have a grown son who is 30 and 2 sisters and 3 brothers, but only my baby sister and son live somewhat close by. And of course my mom-but my brothers and mom live out of state.
I love gardening, and working with wood, teaching my parrot to talk and try to train my newest dog Simon. I love watching my hummingbirds at the windows and the bluebird that took a liking to my yard and birdhouse this year. Because of the fatigue I have not been able to keep up with the mowing so much and I think that is why the bluebird found my yard so inviting
I've also seen a Brown Thrush in the yard-amazingly large and uniquely marked bird! And I am always on the lookout for the 2 bald eagles who live near-by and can sometimes be spotted flying about or perched above. I live on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in Centreville...Anyway that's a bit (probably too much) about me
**post edited by Moderator to break into paragraphs for easier reading! many people with MS have visual difficulties that prevent them from reading large blocks of print**
I am 55 years old and he told me they (the spots) were related to age!! So my symptoms: severe fatigue-worsens with heat and severe cold, emotional or physical stress; blurred vision when fatigued, migrains, numb hands and a numb weird circular area below my left shoulder blade, difficulty swallowing, very poor memory, impaired cognitive process (finding words to say, making judgement calls,decisions) hand tremors for many years as well as ringing in ears for forever. Also not constipation in the sense of not going often, but in the hard stool and difficulty moving it.
In 2004 entire left side of body went numb for 2 days-negative tests-told by neurologist it was emotional;2008 double vision with such bad dizziness I couldn't stand-slowly got better after a week-all negative tests. But enough about that. I am single-which scares me alot right now, but I'm trying not to get too ahead of myself. I have 2 dogs, both rescues-a beagle named Toby and a German Pinscher-named Simon; 2 cats-a ragdoll named Spencer and a Norwegian Forest Cat named Phoebe and finally a Quaker Parrot named Skye. I have a grown son who is 30 and 2 sisters and 3 brothers, but only my baby sister and son live somewhat close by. And of course my mom-but my brothers and mom live out of state.
I love gardening, and working with wood, teaching my parrot to talk and try to train my newest dog Simon. I love watching my hummingbirds at the windows and the bluebird that took a liking to my yard and birdhouse this year. Because of the fatigue I have not been able to keep up with the mowing so much and I think that is why the bluebird found my yard so inviting
I've also seen a Brown Thrush in the yard-amazingly large and uniquely marked bird! And I am always on the lookout for the 2 bald eagles who live near-by and can sometimes be spotted flying about or perched above. I live on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in Centreville...Anyway that's a bit (probably too much) about me**post edited by Moderator to break into paragraphs for easier reading! many people with MS have visual difficulties that prevent them from reading large blocks of print**
They can be a good diversion from your worries!
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