Anyone else feel like they are falling apart???

[lisa1014]

Sometimes I feel like a 35 year old trapped in the body of a 80 year old.

I take tons of meds, I see the doctor way more than I would like to, on top of my MS I have allergies, asthma, bad teeth, am up most of the night, and now have to have a procedure on my girl parts.

I feel like sometimes I see the doctor more than my own husband.

Anyway I feel like my body is giving out before my mind and heart are ready.

[TeresaLynn]

I kind of feel the same. I have thyroid issues, fibroid uterus, TMJ, bilateral carpal tunnel. I also may have surgery for the fibroids as some months my period is very heavy and lasts for more than 3 weeks at a time, and then I will skip a month or two, or very light. The thyroid and/or the fibroids can be causing this I am told.

I have yet to start on meds for the MS and will be seeing a specialist next month at an MS clinic to discuss my options.

I feel your pain. I have been to see 2 family practice docs, 2 OB/GYN docs, 2 neuros, a nurse practitioner and a chiropractor in the last year. Hang in there..you are not alone.

[aitch10]

I toooootally feel like that. I'm 38 but feel like I'm 100. I don't take any meds as I just had a baby and am breast feeding, but I'm stiff, my back hurts, one of my knees hurts and I swear I hear stuff creaking when I get on the floor to play with my kids. And that's just the NON MS stuff.

[CGMoonbeam]

I feel the same, as though a little piece of me fades away every day. I feel like a useless lump. I sit at home every day and watch tv and play on my laptop. I have the life many teenagers wish they could skip school for--ironic that I used to teach highschool.

[newbie but goodie]

YES! When the doctor asks me how are you feeling, I sometimes want to warn him to get his paper and pen ready becasue an onslaught of misery is coming. It's hard not to get discouraged when I am more and more unable to function. I am hoping that this latest round of dysfunction is due to relapse and will go away for a while but who knows.

I'm such a mess right now I couldn't even finish my MRI a couple weeks ago bc I had to go to the bathroom so badly. Again. 3rd time in 90 minutes. And I am not even 30 yet. Heck of a way to live, isn't it?

[onlyairfare]

YES!!

I fell and hit my head on May 4, sustaining a concussion, which meant I needed another MRI and I had to go to the neurologist, who said, "You better start on Gilenya."

I had to get an EKG before G and it was "borderline abnormal" so the neuro says get a cardiology consult, and of course that doctor wanted more tests.

Barely got that cardiology stuff done when I began having asthma, bronchitis and UTI's. The UTI just wouldn't go away, so I had to go to the ER, where my blood sugar was very high - guess what. Now I have diabetes too.

Went to see my new primary doctor (we moved recently) for ER follow-up. I felt sorry for him as he had to listen to all my problems and try to figure them out; I apologized for being such a mess.

I sure feel like I am falling apart; my health has been a mess since that concussion, though I was not doing badly with my MS before that!