Herr-Berbunch
09-24-14, 05:49 PM
So, for a while now the wife has complained of pins and needles, and numbness in her feet - weeks if not months. Got much worse on Friday so on Saturday I took her to the local GP unit at hospital, after a three hour wait she saw a GP and then went up to an admissions ward but still hopeful of coming home that day.
A neurologist came to see her and said she'd need an MRI, hopefully that day, or maybe the next. That came late on Sunday. Next she needed a Lumbar Puncture (Spinal Tap :rock: ) to confirm what they suspected.
Now at this point, trying to push a doctor to tell you without full and proper results is usually impossible, but two different doctors both said that the only thing they're looking for is MS.
She had the LP on Tuesday morning, and was out of hospital by that evening. The full MS diagnosis can't be made until the LP results in 'a few weeks', but that's what it is unless she's suddenly become a very old lady.
MS - Aargh! Initial thoughts go to my friend's wife who suffers really badly. Constant wheelchair use and a lot of pain involved. But I've a husband of a friend of a friend (double-checks that's right) who has a few injections a week and suffers little or no symptoms. Some basic reading reveals several types, of which the least-worst-case is a recurring type - symptoms come and go - this is what the wife thinks she's got and for quite good reason - a couple of years ago, for a month or two, she had numbness in one hand, then both. Doc put it down to poor circulation. About a year ago she got blurred vision, for a month or so. Now the numb legs/feet. This type unfortunately does progress onward.
Thinking it's the least-worst option is keeping her (and me) upbeat, and already we're joking about certain things but I know that it can't last forever.
So, anybody out there with experience, personal or otherwise, of the highs and lows of MS - I'd like it all. :up:
No need for sympathy, I just want the experiences you've had.
And a final word for my Subsim/FB crossovers - nothing on FB please, we're waiting on the official, 100% diagnosis before telling anyone beyond closest of family/friends. (So you guys think yourself lucky :03: )
A neurologist came to see her and said she'd need an MRI, hopefully that day, or maybe the next. That came late on Sunday. Next she needed a Lumbar Puncture (Spinal Tap :rock: ) to confirm what they suspected.
Now at this point, trying to push a doctor to tell you without full and proper results is usually impossible, but two different doctors both said that the only thing they're looking for is MS.
She had the LP on Tuesday morning, and was out of hospital by that evening. The full MS diagnosis can't be made until the LP results in 'a few weeks', but that's what it is unless she's suddenly become a very old lady.
MS - Aargh! Initial thoughts go to my friend's wife who suffers really badly. Constant wheelchair use and a lot of pain involved. But I've a husband of a friend of a friend (double-checks that's right) who has a few injections a week and suffers little or no symptoms. Some basic reading reveals several types, of which the least-worst-case is a recurring type - symptoms come and go - this is what the wife thinks she's got and for quite good reason - a couple of years ago, for a month or two, she had numbness in one hand, then both. Doc put it down to poor circulation. About a year ago she got blurred vision, for a month or so. Now the numb legs/feet. This type unfortunately does progress onward.
Thinking it's the least-worst option is keeping her (and me) upbeat, and already we're joking about certain things but I know that it can't last forever.
So, anybody out there with experience, personal or otherwise, of the highs and lows of MS - I'd like it all. :up:
No need for sympathy, I just want the experiences you've had.
And a final word for my Subsim/FB crossovers - nothing on FB please, we're waiting on the official, 100% diagnosis before telling anyone beyond closest of family/friends. (So you guys think yourself lucky :03: )