Background: I've been in limbo since April. I have a lot of MS-ish symptoms, but none of them are bad by themselves (the L'hermitte's is strong, but doesn't hurt). Put together, though, and I just have this feeling (a very strong feeling) that I'm just not right. When I try to explain this to the doctors, I feel like I must sound like a raving hypochondriac. But my neuro thinks I'm probable MS, but she dismisses the parasthesia in my feet as caused by my diabetes. I'm not so sure. Maybe it's both.
My eyesight suddenly changed two years ago. I noticed everything was blurry, and got new glasses. After a couple weeks, my eyesight got blurry again. I put my old glasses and I could see perfectly! Now it's happening again, but neither pair works well. I see the TV from across the room perfectly if I look through the bottom of my bifocals!
OK, so cut to today. I was at work when suddenly I got this indescribable "mushy" feeling in my head. Like it was stuffed with cotton. There was also a ringing in my ears. I got up, and felt off-balance. I walked down the hall, and it wasn't terrible, but I wasn't walking in a straight line. I felt awful, so I went home. Also, my feet were burning, I had weird buzzing sensations, and my fingers were twitching. I told my wife, who has been supportive until recently, and she looked skeptical and said it sounds like I'm just being hypersensitive because I'm worried about MS. In other words, it's all in my head. Sigh. So now I have nobody to talk to. I can't stand the humiliation of talking to someone who thinks I'm making it up or is clearly humoring me.
Wow. In the time it took me to write this, my vision is back to where it was this morning. Aaaagh! I want to scream! Does any of this sound familiar to anybody??
Sorry for the long post.
My eyesight suddenly changed two years ago. I noticed everything was blurry, and got new glasses. After a couple weeks, my eyesight got blurry again. I put my old glasses and I could see perfectly! Now it's happening again, but neither pair works well. I see the TV from across the room perfectly if I look through the bottom of my bifocals!
OK, so cut to today. I was at work when suddenly I got this indescribable "mushy" feeling in my head. Like it was stuffed with cotton. There was also a ringing in my ears. I got up, and felt off-balance. I walked down the hall, and it wasn't terrible, but I wasn't walking in a straight line. I felt awful, so I went home. Also, my feet were burning, I had weird buzzing sensations, and my fingers were twitching. I told my wife, who has been supportive until recently, and she looked skeptical and said it sounds like I'm just being hypersensitive because I'm worried about MS. In other words, it's all in my head. Sigh. So now I have nobody to talk to. I can't stand the humiliation of talking to someone who thinks I'm making it up or is clearly humoring me.
Wow. In the time it took me to write this, my vision is back to where it was this morning. Aaaagh! I want to scream! Does any of this sound familiar to anybody??
Sorry for the long post.
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