Another guy dealt a bad hand
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:32 am
Hey all, I'm a 28 year old man from the rainy Pacific Northwest, new to this site and new to MS.
Short story is, back in July 2012 I started loosing feeling and had numbness and tingling from my waist down. I didn't have insurance and had to go to the local free clinic. Well due to all the paperwork and being passed around from doctor to doctor things were going slow. Then on Aug 28 i started to loose my vision in my left eye and had zero clue on what was going on. By Aug 30 I couldn't see at all in my left eye... I said to myself, "F*** it... no insurance or not I'm going to the doctor". So I went to the ER. Well a hellish 18 hour stay, x-rays, blood work, 2 MIR's, 2 eye exams, 4 failed spinal taps, and then a successful one using a xray, $20K in medical bills, I found out that I have MS.
Now currently I am still fairly new to this whole thing. Thank God with help from a woman at the hospital I just got on Medicaid and now can go to the doctors like I need to and also am 9 days into using Copaxone. So far Copaxone isn't too bad. Kinda hurts sometimes like a sting but I have gotten a rash from it twice now. The first time was the first time I did it in my belly and then I just did it in my leg and I have one right now. But I figure I will keep on it for a while and see if it helps, its better then not walking or seeing.
Currently I am just fighting off a attack and once again everything from waist down is numb. I was put on Prednisone and it is getting better.
So far I have had numbness waist down twice and vision issues twice. It's been hard but I am trying to just get trough daily life. I am also on a big Vit-D does too.
I am just glad that I have a great helping family and the most amazing girlfriend in the world. She has been a huge help with everything. And she must be a keeper cause she has been sticking through all this hand in hand with me
So that my little story. Now I'm off to check out the rest of the forum. I look forward to meeting people on here and sharing experiences and knowledge.
Short story is, back in July 2012 I started loosing feeling and had numbness and tingling from my waist down. I didn't have insurance and had to go to the local free clinic. Well due to all the paperwork and being passed around from doctor to doctor things were going slow. Then on Aug 28 i started to loose my vision in my left eye and had zero clue on what was going on. By Aug 30 I couldn't see at all in my left eye... I said to myself, "F*** it... no insurance or not I'm going to the doctor". So I went to the ER. Well a hellish 18 hour stay, x-rays, blood work, 2 MIR's, 2 eye exams, 4 failed spinal taps, and then a successful one using a xray, $20K in medical bills, I found out that I have MS.
Now currently I am still fairly new to this whole thing. Thank God with help from a woman at the hospital I just got on Medicaid and now can go to the doctors like I need to and also am 9 days into using Copaxone. So far Copaxone isn't too bad. Kinda hurts sometimes like a sting but I have gotten a rash from it twice now. The first time was the first time I did it in my belly and then I just did it in my leg and I have one right now. But I figure I will keep on it for a while and see if it helps, its better then not walking or seeing.
Currently I am just fighting off a attack and once again everything from waist down is numb. I was put on Prednisone and it is getting better.
So far I have had numbness waist down twice and vision issues twice. It's been hard but I am trying to just get trough daily life. I am also on a big Vit-D does too.
I am just glad that I have a great helping family and the most amazing girlfriend in the world. She has been a huge help with everything. And she must be a keeper cause she has been sticking through all this hand in hand with me
So that my little story. Now I'm off to check out the rest of the forum. I look forward to meeting people on here and sharing experiences and knowledge.