Hello everyone. New to the site and awaiting formal diagnosis.
Here's my story.....I am 31 years old and have served in the Navy for the past 13 years making multiple deployments at sea and on the ground. Well while deployed 3 weeks ago, I woke up for watch with a tingling in my arms and light headedness. Long story short, within one day i was unable to walk or use my arms, and when i tried, occasionally all my muscles would fire at once in an almost spasm like reflex. I was flown off my ship and medivaced to Bahrain, then to Germany where I had MRI's and a Spinal Tap and they found a lesion where the myelin sheath was hit causing my nerve function to be cut off, and gave me the preliminary diagnosis of MS.
After alot of Prednisone, I regained my ability to walk and move around. Currently the only lingering effects are the numbness in my finger tips. Right now I am awaiting a follow up with the neuro next week and I finally returned home to my wife and son where I am on convalescent leave enjoying some much needed time at home for a change.
Not sure what the Navy is going to do. I never have had any symptoms prior, and I have always been the adrenaline junkie inside and outside of work. Right now I am anticipating a medical retirement because of the unpredictability of it all. It's tough because I gave so much and I really loved my job, but like anything else, I am tough and will push through smiling.
Looking forward to finding out what my next steps in treatment will be so I can have some more direction and a plan of attack.
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Here's my story.....I am 31 years old and have served in the Navy for the past 13 years making multiple deployments at sea and on the ground. Well while deployed 3 weeks ago, I woke up for watch with a tingling in my arms and light headedness. Long story short, within one day i was unable to walk or use my arms, and when i tried, occasionally all my muscles would fire at once in an almost spasm like reflex. I was flown off my ship and medivaced to Bahrain, then to Germany where I had MRI's and a Spinal Tap and they found a lesion where the myelin sheath was hit causing my nerve function to be cut off, and gave me the preliminary diagnosis of MS.
After alot of Prednisone, I regained my ability to walk and move around. Currently the only lingering effects are the numbness in my finger tips. Right now I am awaiting a follow up with the neuro next week and I finally returned home to my wife and son where I am on convalescent leave enjoying some much needed time at home for a change.
Not sure what the Navy is going to do. I never have had any symptoms prior, and I have always been the adrenaline junkie inside and outside of work. Right now I am anticipating a medical retirement because of the unpredictability of it all. It's tough because I gave so much and I really loved my job, but like anything else, I am tough and will push through smiling.
Looking forward to finding out what my next steps in treatment will be so I can have some more direction and a plan of attack.
** Post broken into paragraphs by Moderator for easier reading. Many people with MS have visual difficulties that prevent them from reading large blocks of print. **
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