Hello all,
I first started having issues in April of this year, I would start to get headaches about lunchtime everyday, and they would progressively get worse throughout the day and into the evening. I called my neurologist (I have had migraines for years, and Botox and some supplements worked, using other meds occasionally). Nothing that had previously worked was working for these headaches.
My neurologist gave me other meds and said we'll do Botox as soon as possible (you can only do it every 3 months and I had just had it before these headaches started). I continued to push myself to go to work for about a week and then I couldn't take it anymore. My primary care Dr got me in when I called, for a next day appointment and he put me on temporary disability.
It has been almost 3 months now, my neurologist has ruled out a Chiairi Malformation, but other than that he doesn't seem interested in finding a diagnosis, he just says try this ok, try that. My Primary Dr ordered the brain MRI to rule out Chiairi and when I brought up MS, he (neurologist) said your MRI shows no indication of MS, and MS is not something you want.
After that I asked my Primary Dr to put in a referral for a second opinion, and that has taken time, finally approved. Of course MS is not something I want, does anybody want this horrible horrible disease/disorder whatever? No, that's ridiculous.
** 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. **
I first started having issues in April of this year, I would start to get headaches about lunchtime everyday, and they would progressively get worse throughout the day and into the evening. I called my neurologist (I have had migraines for years, and Botox and some supplements worked, using other meds occasionally). Nothing that had previously worked was working for these headaches.
My neurologist gave me other meds and said we'll do Botox as soon as possible (you can only do it every 3 months and I had just had it before these headaches started). I continued to push myself to go to work for about a week and then I couldn't take it anymore. My primary care Dr got me in when I called, for a next day appointment and he put me on temporary disability.
It has been almost 3 months now, my neurologist has ruled out a Chiairi Malformation, but other than that he doesn't seem interested in finding a diagnosis, he just says try this ok, try that. My Primary Dr ordered the brain MRI to rule out Chiairi and when I brought up MS, he (neurologist) said your MRI shows no indication of MS, and MS is not something you want.
After that I asked my Primary Dr to put in a referral for a second opinion, and that has taken time, finally approved. Of course MS is not something I want, does anybody want this horrible horrible disease/disorder whatever? No, that's ridiculous.
** 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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