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Hello friends,
My name is Amber and I am 22 years of age, my birthday is coming up in October and I am going to Las Vegas for the first time ever, I am very excited. I graduated high school and went to a ten month vigorous photography school which I graduated from in 2009. Started working right away for various photo studios and did that for 4 years but realized I wasn't making any money. So in March 2013 I started working in a call center for a big bank. Very different jobs! Lol but this one pays me very well and amazing benefits.
So it's been almost two years at my desk job which I do a 4/10 scheduled, meaning I work four, ten hour days. It's a lot of sitting still.
Back in August I began having problems with my sciatica, realized I needed to have better posture at work and the pain in my legs went away very quickly once I became aware of my bad sitting habits.
I was fine until one day early September I couldn't walk. I felt the most horrifying pain in my left leg and everyone at work was scared I had a blood clot and convinced me to go to the doctor.
They ruled out fracture or blood clot and referred me to a neurologist. They can't see me until October 8th, cutting it really close to my birthday plans.
The pain and limping went on for two weeks. I could not take time off from work my life was a living hell.
My symptoms progressed so fast, first a deep ache in the middle of my left shin bone, on to a sharp sharp, tightening pain, same spot. I was suffering from drop foot, could not lift my left foot off the ground at all.
I went to the hospital where I was treated like ****, they thought I was lying about my symptoms when all my tests came back negative. All they did was am ultrasound to again rule out a blood clot, another X-ray, and blood work. I begged to see their on-call neurologist but they refused.
I've lost all feeling along my shin bone and I feel tingles and spasms, mostly at night, but the pain and inability to walk just vanished one day. I still feel the burning on my shin sometimes when I walk, but I can walk! For two weeks straight I couldn't walk without a limp or a cane.
Everyone stated at me at work and I felt like a freak, I couldn't even tell them what was wrong with me.
My friend let me borrow her tens unit and I noticed that my left leg really couldn't feel the electro shocks unless I customized the settings to 20, I tried it on my right leg and wow at 2 I could feel it.
So it's pretty obvious to me that I have nerve damage affecting my left leg but had it been a pinched nerve in my sciatica could it really just go away as abruptly as it began?
I cannot wait to see the neurologist, I am constantly fatigued in ways others just simply don't understand. I stopped saying "I'm tired" to my girlfriend because her response bothered me every time she would say "your always tired"
Sometimes in my days off I sleep 12 to 15 hours and still wake up tired.
Anyways, I know it's a long intro, but it's my life right now and it's been a rough 3 weeks for me. My performance at work suffered because of the pain I was in.
I'm very much into my job though, I want to be a manager. I love my cat, she is my best friend, I rescued her from an accident, I watched her mother get run over by a speeding pick up truck trying to make a red light, I stopped my car in the middle of the road and cried so hard for the cat he just hit and noticed a ball of fur lying next to the cat. It was a 4 week old kitten! The momma ran away with her injuries before animal rescue got there and I took the kitten home.
Her name is Orphan and she has helped me cope with being in bed a lot lately.
Thank you for reading my intro, I wanted to start here so I can read though the forums and post more about my dx after I finally see the neurologist.
Bless you all!
My name is Amber and I am 22 years of age, my birthday is coming up in October and I am going to Las Vegas for the first time ever, I am very excited. I graduated high school and went to a ten month vigorous photography school which I graduated from in 2009. Started working right away for various photo studios and did that for 4 years but realized I wasn't making any money. So in March 2013 I started working in a call center for a big bank. Very different jobs! Lol but this one pays me very well and amazing benefits.
So it's been almost two years at my desk job which I do a 4/10 scheduled, meaning I work four, ten hour days. It's a lot of sitting still.
Back in August I began having problems with my sciatica, realized I needed to have better posture at work and the pain in my legs went away very quickly once I became aware of my bad sitting habits.
I was fine until one day early September I couldn't walk. I felt the most horrifying pain in my left leg and everyone at work was scared I had a blood clot and convinced me to go to the doctor.
They ruled out fracture or blood clot and referred me to a neurologist. They can't see me until October 8th, cutting it really close to my birthday plans.
The pain and limping went on for two weeks. I could not take time off from work my life was a living hell.
My symptoms progressed so fast, first a deep ache in the middle of my left shin bone, on to a sharp sharp, tightening pain, same spot. I was suffering from drop foot, could not lift my left foot off the ground at all.
I went to the hospital where I was treated like ****, they thought I was lying about my symptoms when all my tests came back negative. All they did was am ultrasound to again rule out a blood clot, another X-ray, and blood work. I begged to see their on-call neurologist but they refused.
I've lost all feeling along my shin bone and I feel tingles and spasms, mostly at night, but the pain and inability to walk just vanished one day. I still feel the burning on my shin sometimes when I walk, but I can walk! For two weeks straight I couldn't walk without a limp or a cane.
Everyone stated at me at work and I felt like a freak, I couldn't even tell them what was wrong with me.
My friend let me borrow her tens unit and I noticed that my left leg really couldn't feel the electro shocks unless I customized the settings to 20, I tried it on my right leg and wow at 2 I could feel it.
So it's pretty obvious to me that I have nerve damage affecting my left leg but had it been a pinched nerve in my sciatica could it really just go away as abruptly as it began?
I cannot wait to see the neurologist, I am constantly fatigued in ways others just simply don't understand. I stopped saying "I'm tired" to my girlfriend because her response bothered me every time she would say "your always tired"
Sometimes in my days off I sleep 12 to 15 hours and still wake up tired.
Anyways, I know it's a long intro, but it's my life right now and it's been a rough 3 weeks for me. My performance at work suffered because of the pain I was in.
I'm very much into my job though, I want to be a manager. I love my cat, she is my best friend, I rescued her from an accident, I watched her mother get run over by a speeding pick up truck trying to make a red light, I stopped my car in the middle of the road and cried so hard for the cat he just hit and noticed a ball of fur lying next to the cat. It was a 4 week old kitten! The momma ran away with her injuries before animal rescue got there and I took the kitten home.
Her name is Orphan and she has helped me cope with being in bed a lot lately.
Thank you for reading my intro, I wanted to start here so I can read though the forums and post more about my dx after I finally see the neurologist.
Bless you all!
it's good to know I'm not alone in this phase of the dark, deep, scary unknown. I need to remember to be brave, like Captain Janeway, and I can and will get through this!
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