I'm new to this.
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 7:27 pm
In 2010 I had back surgery due to a disc herniating into my sciatic nerve. It took almost a year for them to do the surgery because I didn't have insurance. After it was all said and done, I did keep my persistent leg pain. It burns almost all day everyday, and my right leg is significantly weaker then my left leg. For the past 2 years muscle spasms have been a major issue as well. I get massive knots on my back that seem to go from the middle of the right side of my back all the way into my shoulder blade. I can't hold my new born son for very long because I simply can't stand the pain. These spasms also last 90% of the day. Finally for the past few days I've been waking up with a VERY decreased sensation in my legs. It takes me at a minimum of 30 minutes a day when I wake up just to be able to have the strength to stand on them.
Ever since my injury my health has consistently went from bad to worse. I end up having to go to an ER a lot, and they don't think anythings wrong were I'm only 23. I have so many questions and concerns I've thought about MS quite a bit as a possible answer to what is wrong with me. Overall I guess I want to know if what I'm describing could be MS? I have researched a lot on how to get diagnosed, but with no insurance I can't get anything accomplished. I don't have any financial help, and I physically can't do most of the jobs available. Then I get people saying "oh your only 23 your young blah blah blah". So naturally everyone thinks laziness is my problem.
So please any advice, tips I just need something to help point me in the right direction. How do you get a doctor to understand something they've never been through? That is a very hard thing to do.
Ever since my injury my health has consistently went from bad to worse. I end up having to go to an ER a lot, and they don't think anythings wrong were I'm only 23. I have so many questions and concerns I've thought about MS quite a bit as a possible answer to what is wrong with me. Overall I guess I want to know if what I'm describing could be MS? I have researched a lot on how to get diagnosed, but with no insurance I can't get anything accomplished. I don't have any financial help, and I physically can't do most of the jobs available. Then I get people saying "oh your only 23 your young blah blah blah". So naturally everyone thinks laziness is my problem.
So please any advice, tips I just need something to help point me in the right direction. How do you get a doctor to understand something they've never been through? That is a very hard thing to do.