hello everyone , not sure where to start im new at the asking questions thing. I was told I possibly had ms 15 years ago. I went to bed one nite,everything ok. next morning I awoke to double vision. my right eye wouldn't track the same as the left. they did an mri or a cat san, cant remember which . they said it was 90 percent sure it was ms but needed to do a spinal tap. lol well that totally freaked me out. I was thinking well ms is incurable so why stick needles in my spine. so after about a month the double vision went away but I noticed my vision was sorta blurry . so I got glasses which fixed that.
I was a farm machinery mechanic, which required a lot of climbing and exertion. I felt no problem after my eyesight returned . then about 5 years ago I started noticing getting more tired and exhausted very easily. about 3 years ago I got laid off , and then the place I worked went out of business. I was actually sort of thankfull due to the massive weakness in my legs and back . id sometime fall asleep in my service truck at lunch and feel like I was walking thru mud all day. so after being laid off I gained weight due to inactivety .
I am also very sensitive to heat . anything above 72 and I feel sick to my stomach and feel like im passing out. it seems since the inactivety started I have slowly getting worse . now I can hardly walk to the bathroom without being winded and my legs feeling like rubber. steps are like mountain cimbing . im very unsure on my feet especially over uneven ground. ive never been to a doctor for this. [ after the double vision]. after getting laid off I lost my med coverage so further diagnosis isn't possible now .
does this sound like how ms progresses. would like your recommendations of what to do now thank you everyone.
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I was a farm machinery mechanic, which required a lot of climbing and exertion. I felt no problem after my eyesight returned . then about 5 years ago I started noticing getting more tired and exhausted very easily. about 3 years ago I got laid off , and then the place I worked went out of business. I was actually sort of thankfull due to the massive weakness in my legs and back . id sometime fall asleep in my service truck at lunch and feel like I was walking thru mud all day. so after being laid off I gained weight due to inactivety .
I am also very sensitive to heat . anything above 72 and I feel sick to my stomach and feel like im passing out. it seems since the inactivety started I have slowly getting worse . now I can hardly walk to the bathroom without being winded and my legs feeling like rubber. steps are like mountain cimbing . im very unsure on my feet especially over uneven ground. ive never been to a doctor for this. [ after the double vision]. after getting laid off I lost my med coverage so further diagnosis isn't possible now .
does this sound like how ms progresses. would like your recommendations of what to do now thank you everyone.
** Moderator's note - Post broken into paragraphs for easier reading. Many people with MS have visual difficulties that prevent them from reading large blocks of print. **
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