Hi everyone!
Been a year long quest for answers for how I feel.
Finally after I passed out and my hubby took me to the ER my doc sent me for an MRI w/o contrast.
The results showed the supratentorial structures demonstrate scattered small foci of increased t2-weighted signal which are abnormal for the patients age. (I'm 36) Everything else checked out a-ok. Recommended follow-up for possible demyelination or gliosis but foci are non-specific and a repeat MRI at some point to determine if there is any progression.
They originally diagnosed my passing out as being a vaso-vagal response but now doc is not so sure. We went down through my list of symptoms and he thinks he's starting to see a bigger "picture".
He put in for a neuro consult which as of now isn't until Dec.
In the meantime he ordered a CBC and an Iron level test. Put me on meds for RLS to help me get some sleep. I'm tired.. ughh! and wants to see me every 2 weeks to monitor me while we wait. He's hoping to get the neuro consult moved up since he originally only put syncope & headaches as the main concern.
My list of symptoms has been vague but on going now for months. I get tingling in the legs - below the knee, in my arms - below the elbow. My left arm has a tendency to get really funky feeling from time to time and feels like it weighs 10 lbs more than the right.
I get strange feeling in the left side of my face..kind of like its asleep, tingly, stiff..just weird. I dont lose any sensations and I can still move the muscles. Strokes have been ruled out.
I swear I would forget my head if it wasn't connected most days!!!! I lost my tea cup this morning...
set it down to grab a tea bag and then had to look for the cup because I couldn't remember where I set it down.. I do this kind of thing ALL the time! geez. Hubby and I have always joked about it.. lol we always thought I was just ditzy.
I could go on and on about strange sensations, tripping on flat floors, headaches in my forehead... blah blah blah but I won't.
What concerns me is MS keeps getting thrown out there as a possibility ..and then the next breath the doc tells me not to worry.. how can I not??? Something is obviously going on and concerns the doc enough to see me so often and his wanting to get the neuro consult sped up worries me. His only recommendation for now is sleep
, plenty of water, and to take the RLS meds.
Guess this turned into more of a rant than trying to seek info..but any advice and/or info is GREATLY appreciated
Been a year long quest for answers for how I feel.
Finally after I passed out and my hubby took me to the ER my doc sent me for an MRI w/o contrast. The results showed the supratentorial structures demonstrate scattered small foci of increased t2-weighted signal which are abnormal for the patients age. (I'm 36) Everything else checked out a-ok. Recommended follow-up for possible demyelination or gliosis but foci are non-specific and a repeat MRI at some point to determine if there is any progression.
They originally diagnosed my passing out as being a vaso-vagal response but now doc is not so sure. We went down through my list of symptoms and he thinks he's starting to see a bigger "picture".
He put in for a neuro consult which as of now isn't until Dec.
In the meantime he ordered a CBC and an Iron level test. Put me on meds for RLS to help me get some sleep. I'm tired.. ughh! and wants to see me every 2 weeks to monitor me while we wait. He's hoping to get the neuro consult moved up since he originally only put syncope & headaches as the main concern.My list of symptoms has been vague but on going now for months. I get tingling in the legs - below the knee, in my arms - below the elbow. My left arm has a tendency to get really funky feeling from time to time and feels like it weighs 10 lbs more than the right.
I get strange feeling in the left side of my face..kind of like its asleep, tingly, stiff..just weird. I dont lose any sensations and I can still move the muscles. Strokes have been ruled out.
I swear I would forget my head if it wasn't connected most days!!!! I lost my tea cup this morning...
set it down to grab a tea bag and then had to look for the cup because I couldn't remember where I set it down.. I do this kind of thing ALL the time! geez. Hubby and I have always joked about it.. lol we always thought I was just ditzy.I could go on and on about strange sensations, tripping on flat floors, headaches in my forehead... blah blah blah but I won't.
What concerns me is MS keeps getting thrown out there as a possibility ..and then the next breath the doc tells me not to worry.. how can I not??? Something is obviously going on and concerns the doc enough to see me so often and his wanting to get the neuro consult sped up worries me. His only recommendation for now is sleep
, plenty of water, and to take the RLS meds.Guess this turned into more of a rant than trying to seek info..but any advice and/or info is GREATLY appreciated
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