A QUESTION
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 4:19 am
HELLO ALL,
THIS MAYBE BE A STUPID QUESTION OR ONE DISCUSSED BEFORE AND I MISSED, I'M NOT SURE IF IM POSTING THIS IN THE RIGHT AREA.
I WAS WONDERING IF THERE IS ANY POSSIBILITY, THAT ANY OF THE CRABS COULD MAKE YOU WORSE? CAN THEY BE DOING THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT I AM TAKING THEM FOR? I AM ASKING FOR THE FOLLOWING REASON.
I WAS DX'ED 6 YRS AGO, MY MAIN SYMPTOM WAS NUMBNESS IN MY LEGS WHEN I MOVED MY NECK, MRI'S WERE DONE, AND FOUND 3 LESIONS ON MY BRAIN. I WAS NOT PUT ON ANY MED, THEN I WOULD HAVE EXTREME LEG NUMBNESS OR LOSS OF BALANCE, EXTREME FATIGUE AND LEG CRAMPS, STILL NO MED, HAD ANOTHER MRI DONE AND FOUND 2 LESIONS ON MY SPINE. THROUGH COUNTLESS NEURO'S STILL NO MED, NO HELP. THIS PAST SUMMER I LOST COMPLETE FEELING IN MY HAND AFTER ONE NEURO JUST DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO, I FINALLY FOUND A MS SPECIALIST, SHE IMMEDIATELY PUT ME IN THE HOSPITAL ON IV SOLUMEDROL. AND PUT ME ON AVONEX. I HAVE BEEN ON AVONEX FOR 7 MONTHS NOW, BUT HAVE HAD MANY RELAPSES, I HAVE HAD BOTH OF MY FEET GO NUMB, AND VISION PROBLEMS, I NOW HAVE NO FEELING ON MY LEFT SIDE, THE MS DOC SAID SHE WANTS TO TRY TYSABRI, BUT I JUST RECENTLY HAD TO SWITCH INSURANCE'S AND SHE INFORMED ME LAST WEEK SHE DOESNT TAKE MY NEW INSURANCE, SO NOW I AM AT A LOSS AS TO WHO TO SEE, BUT I FEELLIKE WHY DO I INJECT MYSELF AND GO THROUGH THE SIDE AFFECTS TO NOT EVEN FEEL ANY BETTER? COULD I BE TAKING A MED THAT I AM THINKING IS HELPING BUT COULD POSSIBLY BE MAKING IT WORSE? ANY INPUT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
THIS MAYBE BE A STUPID QUESTION OR ONE DISCUSSED BEFORE AND I MISSED, I'M NOT SURE IF IM POSTING THIS IN THE RIGHT AREA.
I WAS WONDERING IF THERE IS ANY POSSIBILITY, THAT ANY OF THE CRABS COULD MAKE YOU WORSE? CAN THEY BE DOING THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT I AM TAKING THEM FOR? I AM ASKING FOR THE FOLLOWING REASON.
I WAS DX'ED 6 YRS AGO, MY MAIN SYMPTOM WAS NUMBNESS IN MY LEGS WHEN I MOVED MY NECK, MRI'S WERE DONE, AND FOUND 3 LESIONS ON MY BRAIN. I WAS NOT PUT ON ANY MED, THEN I WOULD HAVE EXTREME LEG NUMBNESS OR LOSS OF BALANCE, EXTREME FATIGUE AND LEG CRAMPS, STILL NO MED, HAD ANOTHER MRI DONE AND FOUND 2 LESIONS ON MY SPINE. THROUGH COUNTLESS NEURO'S STILL NO MED, NO HELP. THIS PAST SUMMER I LOST COMPLETE FEELING IN MY HAND AFTER ONE NEURO JUST DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO, I FINALLY FOUND A MS SPECIALIST, SHE IMMEDIATELY PUT ME IN THE HOSPITAL ON IV SOLUMEDROL. AND PUT ME ON AVONEX. I HAVE BEEN ON AVONEX FOR 7 MONTHS NOW, BUT HAVE HAD MANY RELAPSES, I HAVE HAD BOTH OF MY FEET GO NUMB, AND VISION PROBLEMS, I NOW HAVE NO FEELING ON MY LEFT SIDE, THE MS DOC SAID SHE WANTS TO TRY TYSABRI, BUT I JUST RECENTLY HAD TO SWITCH INSURANCE'S AND SHE INFORMED ME LAST WEEK SHE DOESNT TAKE MY NEW INSURANCE, SO NOW I AM AT A LOSS AS TO WHO TO SEE, BUT I FEELLIKE WHY DO I INJECT MYSELF AND GO THROUGH THE SIDE AFFECTS TO NOT EVEN FEEL ANY BETTER? COULD I BE TAKING A MED THAT I AM THINKING IS HELPING BUT COULD POSSIBLY BE MAKING IT WORSE? ANY INPUT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.