I was diagnosed on Thursday, in hospital now, have many ???
Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 5:39 pm
Hello! I am so sorry for the length of this post. I am a scared mom of a special-needs child and I was diagnosed with MS 3 days ago.
I am a 38 year-old female who has up until now been healthy. A few months ago, I woke up one Monday morning with a numb right leg. I didn't lose any strength, it was just numb. I saw my primary on Friday. He got me in for a spinal MRI and a bunch of blood work that day. My MRI was normal as was my blood work. I did lots of back stretches over the weekend and by Monday I was fine.
I have a 10-year old daughter with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. She depends on us for everything so I attributed the leg temporary leg numbness to lifting 60 lbs of dead weight multiple times a day and forgot about it.
Three weeks ago, my husband and I placed some new mulch in our yard. It was the first time we had ever used dyed mulch and by evening, my throat was swollen and I couldn't talk. I got my voice back in A few days but by then had developed a sinus infection. After a week of coughing all night I went to a minute clinic where I was given Augmentin for the first time ever. That was on Sunday, 2 weeks ago. I started to feel better but on Thursday of the following week, the vision in my right eye was cloudy and I had pain when I moved it. I attributed it to my sinus infection but went to my health system's urgent care on Saturday to have them look at it. They gave me more Augmentin as well as a steroid shot and sent me on my way. That was a week ago.
On Tuesday of this week, I decided I had better get it checked out, went to my primary and he sent me to an ophthalmologist, who prescribed optic neuritis. I had a brain MRI on Wednesday and saw a neurologist on Thursday. He diagnosed me as having MS. He said I had lesions on my brain but didn't tell me how many. He admitted me to the hospital yesterday where I had another MRI and a spinal tap. I'm also receiving IV steroids. Through out the week I had started having a little tingling in my right foot but it's gone now. I'm getting IV steroids this weekend.
Yesterday's MRI was consistent with Wednesday's and he wants to talk meds on Monday. This just all seems so fast! I have to stay strong to care for my daughter so I am scared to death. Nobody can tell me what to expect. I haven't had any loss of strength, in fact, I'm training for a half marathon and it's going well. I ran 6 miles this week even with all this going on. When I've asked my neuro if maybe it isn't MS he just tells me that I've had multiple events this year so that, by definition, is MS. This is potentially devastating considering my daughter's situation and I guess I'm just looking for hope. My doctor just says we'll have to wait and see,but there are lots of good meds out there.
Can anyone give me any insight?
I am a 38 year-old female who has up until now been healthy. A few months ago, I woke up one Monday morning with a numb right leg. I didn't lose any strength, it was just numb. I saw my primary on Friday. He got me in for a spinal MRI and a bunch of blood work that day. My MRI was normal as was my blood work. I did lots of back stretches over the weekend and by Monday I was fine.
I have a 10-year old daughter with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. She depends on us for everything so I attributed the leg temporary leg numbness to lifting 60 lbs of dead weight multiple times a day and forgot about it.
Three weeks ago, my husband and I placed some new mulch in our yard. It was the first time we had ever used dyed mulch and by evening, my throat was swollen and I couldn't talk. I got my voice back in A few days but by then had developed a sinus infection. After a week of coughing all night I went to a minute clinic where I was given Augmentin for the first time ever. That was on Sunday, 2 weeks ago. I started to feel better but on Thursday of the following week, the vision in my right eye was cloudy and I had pain when I moved it. I attributed it to my sinus infection but went to my health system's urgent care on Saturday to have them look at it. They gave me more Augmentin as well as a steroid shot and sent me on my way. That was a week ago.
On Tuesday of this week, I decided I had better get it checked out, went to my primary and he sent me to an ophthalmologist, who prescribed optic neuritis. I had a brain MRI on Wednesday and saw a neurologist on Thursday. He diagnosed me as having MS. He said I had lesions on my brain but didn't tell me how many. He admitted me to the hospital yesterday where I had another MRI and a spinal tap. I'm also receiving IV steroids. Through out the week I had started having a little tingling in my right foot but it's gone now. I'm getting IV steroids this weekend.
Yesterday's MRI was consistent with Wednesday's and he wants to talk meds on Monday. This just all seems so fast! I have to stay strong to care for my daughter so I am scared to death. Nobody can tell me what to expect. I haven't had any loss of strength, in fact, I'm training for a half marathon and it's going well. I ran 6 miles this week even with all this going on. When I've asked my neuro if maybe it isn't MS he just tells me that I've had multiple events this year so that, by definition, is MS. This is potentially devastating considering my daughter's situation and I guess I'm just looking for hope. My doctor just says we'll have to wait and see,but there are lots of good meds out there.
Can anyone give me any insight?