Hello. My name is Annie. I'm a 29 year old wife and mother of two little boys, 3 and 8 months. I don't have MS yet.
I didn't have anything going on until the beginning of July of this year. We were up at a family cabin when a freak storm came through. We were running for safety when a tree hit me. I was knocked to the ground and pulled inside. They weren't sure if I had broken anything and I had no memory of what was going on. I kept asking what happened and why I hurt. I had to be transported by boat to get to an ambulance. They brought me to the local hospital and then transferred me to a bigger one.
Out of all of that, I don't remember any of it and only ended up with some pretty bruising and numb spots on my back. Because I couldn't remember what was going on, they checked out my brain. The MRI showed a lesion and a bunch of little tiny spots. I was sent to a neuro who did a whole bunch of blood work. After ruling out a lot of options, I had a spinal tap done.
The result was that I have a demyelinating disease. From what I can tell, I just went backwards and found the lesion before the issues started. Now I just wait for something to go wrong. I had another MRI yesterday but haven't heard the results yet. I see the neuro next week and will start meds, not sure what yet.
It's all a lot to take in and very scary to think about. The unknown is a hard place to be.
I didn't have anything going on until the beginning of July of this year. We were up at a family cabin when a freak storm came through. We were running for safety when a tree hit me. I was knocked to the ground and pulled inside. They weren't sure if I had broken anything and I had no memory of what was going on. I kept asking what happened and why I hurt. I had to be transported by boat to get to an ambulance. They brought me to the local hospital and then transferred me to a bigger one.
Out of all of that, I don't remember any of it and only ended up with some pretty bruising and numb spots on my back. Because I couldn't remember what was going on, they checked out my brain. The MRI showed a lesion and a bunch of little tiny spots. I was sent to a neuro who did a whole bunch of blood work. After ruling out a lot of options, I had a spinal tap done.
The result was that I have a demyelinating disease. From what I can tell, I just went backwards and found the lesion before the issues started. Now I just wait for something to go wrong. I had another MRI yesterday but haven't heard the results yet. I see the neuro next week and will start meds, not sure what yet.
It's all a lot to take in and very scary to think about. The unknown is a hard place to be.
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