Where I am - still so confused!
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:52 am
It still seems like you guys are talking a foreign language, but I think I am getting there!
I still haven't had a definite dx - just lots of murmurings of MS from docs. I saw the neuro on 8th Jan and had MRi on 16th (bloody fast for NHS) and I now have to wait until 6th March for results! Although I have not been given a dx, the neuro I saw on 8th has transferred me to the service of the neuro that specialises in MS!
They are waiting until my next appointment before they decide whether to do a lumbar puncture. I don't if there is enough to dx without. 2 instances of symptoms and an MRI (but I don't know what it shows).
Over the last month things have improved massively for me and I am finding walking much easier and I am far less unsteady - unless i get very stressed or overtired.
I guess I am still very unsettled because I haven't had a definite dx and until I get one I can't make decisions about the future. The neuro I saw in Jan was talking about putting me on meds but I am tring for a baby and don't want to take any meds that would hurt the baby. My sister tried to talk to me the other day to tell me that I should wait on getting pregnant as my physical condition at christmas scared her - the deterioration from when she saw me in November. But as I said, things are massively better now!
Sorry for the essay - I can't really talk anywhere else.
I still haven't had a definite dx - just lots of murmurings of MS from docs. I saw the neuro on 8th Jan and had MRi on 16th (bloody fast for NHS) and I now have to wait until 6th March for results! Although I have not been given a dx, the neuro I saw on 8th has transferred me to the service of the neuro that specialises in MS!
They are waiting until my next appointment before they decide whether to do a lumbar puncture. I don't if there is enough to dx without. 2 instances of symptoms and an MRI (but I don't know what it shows).
Over the last month things have improved massively for me and I am finding walking much easier and I am far less unsteady - unless i get very stressed or overtired.
I guess I am still very unsettled because I haven't had a definite dx and until I get one I can't make decisions about the future. The neuro I saw in Jan was talking about putting me on meds but I am tring for a baby and don't want to take any meds that would hurt the baby. My sister tried to talk to me the other day to tell me that I should wait on getting pregnant as my physical condition at christmas scared her - the deterioration from when she saw me in November. But as I said, things are massively better now!
Sorry for the essay - I can't really talk anywhere else.