Uveitis, tibialis anterior spasms, please help.
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:37 pm
Hello all,
I joined this group to hopefully get more information from regular everyday people. I am not a hypochondriac, but the last few months have made me feel like maybe I am.
Most recently, I was diagnosed with uveitis in my right eye. Began October 2012. Initially a doctor treated me for pink eye as the flare up was really bad. But I continued to have distorted vision in my right eye, pain, inflammation, sensitivity to light and my depth perception was out of whack at night, and still having flare ups. So of course I started researching my symptoms and pretty much decided I had uveitis, which was confirmed at an appointment with an ophthalmologist this year. He put me on some drops, the flare ups went away, vision improved some and then he took me off the drops, and within 2 weeks I had a flare up, he put me back on the drops. He ordered a lot of blood work to see if I had gout, rheumatoid arthritis, syphilis, lyme disease, and cat scratch fever, all of which came back negative. He wants to do chest and spinal xrays to rule a couple of other things out, and then I don't know after that. Other blood work done by my pcp came back deficient in D and B-12, both of which I am taking supplements for now.
I have also started having a non-painful cramp/spasm in my left tibialis anterior muscle which is weird and sporadic. Those are the only two things that I am currently associating with MS. However, I had gastric bypass surgery in 2009 and the further I get from that date, the worse my constipation has gotten, so I don't know if it's from the surgery, or an exacerbation of something that was waiting to come out anyway. I am always constipated it seems, then I do what I have to to get normal, but I never really get to normal. I am also contributing the constipation to my monthly cycle as that is when it seems to get the worst. And I wasn't having one every month before the surgery.
The only other thing of concern is my speech and short term memory. I sometimes can't pronounce a word and it takes me several attempts to say it right, or for whoever I am speaking with to say it correctly and then I am able. And very rarely, I forget how to swallow, but it is a very rare occasion that this happens. My short term memory has also fallen by the wayside the last year or so.
I have done a lot of research as my mother has MS. I do know it is not genetic or hereditary, however, I do run a higher risk of developing it as a result of her having it.
She was going to several doctors for specific things, and it took 6-7 years for one of the drs to say "hey! let's check you for MS!" She was initially diagnosed and treated for bipolar disorder, and then she was treated for IBS, and then acid reflux and a couple other issues, when in reality it was all MS.
Am I crazy? Or should I make an appointment with a neuro? Any help is greatly appreciated.
I joined this group to hopefully get more information from regular everyday people. I am not a hypochondriac, but the last few months have made me feel like maybe I am.
Most recently, I was diagnosed with uveitis in my right eye. Began October 2012. Initially a doctor treated me for pink eye as the flare up was really bad. But I continued to have distorted vision in my right eye, pain, inflammation, sensitivity to light and my depth perception was out of whack at night, and still having flare ups. So of course I started researching my symptoms and pretty much decided I had uveitis, which was confirmed at an appointment with an ophthalmologist this year. He put me on some drops, the flare ups went away, vision improved some and then he took me off the drops, and within 2 weeks I had a flare up, he put me back on the drops. He ordered a lot of blood work to see if I had gout, rheumatoid arthritis, syphilis, lyme disease, and cat scratch fever, all of which came back negative. He wants to do chest and spinal xrays to rule a couple of other things out, and then I don't know after that. Other blood work done by my pcp came back deficient in D and B-12, both of which I am taking supplements for now.
I have also started having a non-painful cramp/spasm in my left tibialis anterior muscle which is weird and sporadic. Those are the only two things that I am currently associating with MS. However, I had gastric bypass surgery in 2009 and the further I get from that date, the worse my constipation has gotten, so I don't know if it's from the surgery, or an exacerbation of something that was waiting to come out anyway. I am always constipated it seems, then I do what I have to to get normal, but I never really get to normal. I am also contributing the constipation to my monthly cycle as that is when it seems to get the worst. And I wasn't having one every month before the surgery.
The only other thing of concern is my speech and short term memory. I sometimes can't pronounce a word and it takes me several attempts to say it right, or for whoever I am speaking with to say it correctly and then I am able. And very rarely, I forget how to swallow, but it is a very rare occasion that this happens. My short term memory has also fallen by the wayside the last year or so.
I have done a lot of research as my mother has MS. I do know it is not genetic or hereditary, however, I do run a higher risk of developing it as a result of her having it.
She was going to several doctors for specific things, and it took 6-7 years for one of the drs to say "hey! let's check you for MS!" She was initially diagnosed and treated for bipolar disorder, and then she was treated for IBS, and then acid reflux and a couple other issues, when in reality it was all MS.
Am I crazy? Or should I make an appointment with a neuro? Any help is greatly appreciated.