Hi everyone,
I'm a 28yr old, healthy and active female currently waiting to see a neurologist after several small lesions were found on my MRI. But wanted to run my story by you all to get your thoughts as the Neuro appointment feels like it's taking forever to come and the not knowing is hard.
I initially went to my GP a few months ago for fatigue and severe and frequent dizzy spells. They were mostly postural so my GP wasn't too concerned but ordered some routine bloods. My iron came back low so I had an iron infusion. Everything was normal incl BP.
After iron infusion I had nausea for 4 days, I got up the first morning and my partner was cooking bacon, it made me want to vomit. I initially thought it could be from the infusion and still dont know if it was. Then thought, I might be pregnant because it was exactly like the morning sickness I had with my daughter. I then started needing to go to the toilet frequently overnight, where I never do this. This made me even more convinced I was pregnant however I was/am not.
Mu fatigue got worse and I would regularly have days or at the very least afternoons where I could not get off the couch. Not ideal when you've got a toddler. I started getting random bouts of shortness of breath, tight chest, doing not much made me feel like I'd just ran for km's. GP got heart ultrasound, chest X-ray, more bloods (diabetes, B12, D, etc) all came back normal.
Then one night, sitting on the couch relaxing my right arm and hand started tingling, had a numb sensation, weakness and cramping. It was like my hand wanted to seize into a semi closed position. I Got up and walked around doing things to see if it went away. It didn't. It had been going about 3hrs when I went to bed and the next day when I got up the tingling and cramping was gone but the weakness, numb sensation and aching were still there. I went to ED and they did some physical tests and bloods. Everything was normal except when he was doing the reflex test my right foot wasn't flinching when he tapped my heel. He went back and forth over and over between my left and right. Left moved, right didn't. He didn't say anything about this and said he didn't think there was anything serious wrong, perhaps migraine aura (I don't suffer from migraines) and referred me for a CT (came back clear) at a later date just to be sure. My GP treated as possible stroke until we ruled that out.
After that 'episode' my arm continued to ache for the next 2 days, it still aches now but more so if I use it too much and I still get the occasional buzzing. I had an almost constant dull headache for the next week and I'm still getting it almost everyday but not for the whole day.
My fatigue has eased but that could be due to the iron infusion finally working its magic, however I still get tired very easily and find simple things exhausting.
A week ago I was cooking dinner and suddenly felt like my chest was being crushed and the life squeezed out of me. I couldn't breathe and it dropped me to my knees. It was incredibly scary. I had it again a few days later but not to the extent of the first one.
The tingling/buzzing started in my right leg/foot a couple of weeks ago, it can be so mild that if I'm moving around I don't notice it so I'm not sure if it's constant or not. In the last week it has progressed to a strange heavy/dead leg kind of feeling as well as the tingling and sometimes an ache. It also often feels like my foot is going to twitch/jolt but it never does.
I have no motor issues and can still use both my arm and leg fine. My right arm is definitely weaker than it was and my joints often ache.
I had an MRI of my brain, non contrast, and it showed several small lesions. The radiologist report says that they're not typical of MS but MS can't be ruled out.
i know no one here can diagnose me but I just wondered if these symptoms are typical of MS or not.
Thank you for your time
Jade
I'm a 28yr old, healthy and active female currently waiting to see a neurologist after several small lesions were found on my MRI. But wanted to run my story by you all to get your thoughts as the Neuro appointment feels like it's taking forever to come and the not knowing is hard.
I initially went to my GP a few months ago for fatigue and severe and frequent dizzy spells. They were mostly postural so my GP wasn't too concerned but ordered some routine bloods. My iron came back low so I had an iron infusion. Everything was normal incl BP.
After iron infusion I had nausea for 4 days, I got up the first morning and my partner was cooking bacon, it made me want to vomit. I initially thought it could be from the infusion and still dont know if it was. Then thought, I might be pregnant because it was exactly like the morning sickness I had with my daughter. I then started needing to go to the toilet frequently overnight, where I never do this. This made me even more convinced I was pregnant however I was/am not.
Mu fatigue got worse and I would regularly have days or at the very least afternoons where I could not get off the couch. Not ideal when you've got a toddler. I started getting random bouts of shortness of breath, tight chest, doing not much made me feel like I'd just ran for km's. GP got heart ultrasound, chest X-ray, more bloods (diabetes, B12, D, etc) all came back normal.
Then one night, sitting on the couch relaxing my right arm and hand started tingling, had a numb sensation, weakness and cramping. It was like my hand wanted to seize into a semi closed position. I Got up and walked around doing things to see if it went away. It didn't. It had been going about 3hrs when I went to bed and the next day when I got up the tingling and cramping was gone but the weakness, numb sensation and aching were still there. I went to ED and they did some physical tests and bloods. Everything was normal except when he was doing the reflex test my right foot wasn't flinching when he tapped my heel. He went back and forth over and over between my left and right. Left moved, right didn't. He didn't say anything about this and said he didn't think there was anything serious wrong, perhaps migraine aura (I don't suffer from migraines) and referred me for a CT (came back clear) at a later date just to be sure. My GP treated as possible stroke until we ruled that out.
After that 'episode' my arm continued to ache for the next 2 days, it still aches now but more so if I use it too much and I still get the occasional buzzing. I had an almost constant dull headache for the next week and I'm still getting it almost everyday but not for the whole day.
My fatigue has eased but that could be due to the iron infusion finally working its magic, however I still get tired very easily and find simple things exhausting.
A week ago I was cooking dinner and suddenly felt like my chest was being crushed and the life squeezed out of me. I couldn't breathe and it dropped me to my knees. It was incredibly scary. I had it again a few days later but not to the extent of the first one.
The tingling/buzzing started in my right leg/foot a couple of weeks ago, it can be so mild that if I'm moving around I don't notice it so I'm not sure if it's constant or not. In the last week it has progressed to a strange heavy/dead leg kind of feeling as well as the tingling and sometimes an ache. It also often feels like my foot is going to twitch/jolt but it never does.
I have no motor issues and can still use both my arm and leg fine. My right arm is definitely weaker than it was and my joints often ache.
I had an MRI of my brain, non contrast, and it showed several small lesions. The radiologist report says that they're not typical of MS but MS can't be ruled out.
i know no one here can diagnose me but I just wondered if these symptoms are typical of MS or not.
Thank you for your time
Jade
. It can be very frustrating. Another thing is that you mention your toddler- it is very common statistically in ms for the first presentation of symptoms to occur after a woman has a baby. They don't know why exactly but is has been noted.
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