I ended up going to an urgent care center yesterday. I could no longer stand these horrid headaches combined with neck pain and nausea.
At my last neuro appt, I was unable to get through all my symptoms. When the neurology office called me the following day to schedule my LP, I told them about the two symptoms I was having that were bothering me most that I didn't get to cover during my appt (see previous posts) and was told the neuro wants to wait until the LP. I called my PCP who just said "talk to your neuro). Since I wasn't about to deal with being in pain like this for another two weeks, I went to an urgent care center.
Now here is the funny part, the urgent care doctor actually took the time to listen to all of my symptoms, took the time to get copies of my MRI's, recent blood work etc from my various doctors. He even called my PCP and Neuro's office to ask what treatments they've tried so he didn't duplicate something that didn't work. Too bad he can't be my PCP. He is re-testing for Lyme disease. I had a test done within the last year, which was negative, but since my symptoms have worsened so much w/in the last 3 months, he wants to "re-rule it out". During his neurological testing, I failed the "heel-to-toe" walking miserably, I almost fell 4 times...it's a good thing it was a doctor doing the test and not a police officer....LOL.
He ended up giving me a script for Lortab to help with the pain until I see my neuro for the LP. The lortab is helping a bit, but I am wondering if maybe a mild muscle relaxer would help with my neck pain or possibly even a short dose of steroids may help with these "cluster-type headaches". I've read about some of you taking steroids so I'm wondering if they might help knock this down a little bit to an at least tolerable level.
Have any of you gotten this frustrated while you were in limbo waiting for a diagnosis (even if that dx wasn't MS)? I finally found a doctor that listens, but he's an urgent care doctor......go figure.
At my last neuro appt, I was unable to get through all my symptoms. When the neurology office called me the following day to schedule my LP, I told them about the two symptoms I was having that were bothering me most that I didn't get to cover during my appt (see previous posts) and was told the neuro wants to wait until the LP. I called my PCP who just said "talk to your neuro). Since I wasn't about to deal with being in pain like this for another two weeks, I went to an urgent care center.
Now here is the funny part, the urgent care doctor actually took the time to listen to all of my symptoms, took the time to get copies of my MRI's, recent blood work etc from my various doctors. He even called my PCP and Neuro's office to ask what treatments they've tried so he didn't duplicate something that didn't work. Too bad he can't be my PCP. He is re-testing for Lyme disease. I had a test done within the last year, which was negative, but since my symptoms have worsened so much w/in the last 3 months, he wants to "re-rule it out". During his neurological testing, I failed the "heel-to-toe" walking miserably, I almost fell 4 times...it's a good thing it was a doctor doing the test and not a police officer....LOL.
He ended up giving me a script for Lortab to help with the pain until I see my neuro for the LP. The lortab is helping a bit, but I am wondering if maybe a mild muscle relaxer would help with my neck pain or possibly even a short dose of steroids may help with these "cluster-type headaches". I've read about some of you taking steroids so I'm wondering if they might help knock this down a little bit to an at least tolerable level.
Have any of you gotten this frustrated while you were in limbo waiting for a diagnosis (even if that dx wasn't MS)? I finally found a doctor that listens, but he's an urgent care doctor......go figure.
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