Posted 7/16/2011 3:56 AM (GMT 0)
I have been posting questions on here, but no one responds to me...so I won't ask questions any longer...I am just going to vent. I can't post this on my FB because I don't want to alarm any of my friends or family, so I will just vent away. I am currently awaiting results of my thoracic MRI. My inital symptoms that landed me in the ER was numbness/tingling in my right leg and right arm. They did a head and neck MRI and my head MRI was abnormal. I guess I have several white matter lesions, a few are juxtacortical I guess. Anyways, have seen an MS specialist, and he put me on nortriptyline and ordered a thoracic MRI. Said I also need to have a lumbar puncture, and if all those come out clear, will recheck the head MRI in 6 months. Well, that initial situation seemed to improve some. But now the few days have gotten so much worse. I took my daughter to her basketball camp, it was a very hot day, but was doing ok. Just a bit of a headache on the top of my head, so took some tylenol and a nap and woke up feeling better. Had dinner then was watching tv, then wanted to get something in the kitchen, got up, turned on the light and then had the weirdest vision changes ever. When I would move my head, it would look like the light was flickering on my peripheral vision. Almost like a ceiling fan was going around near the light, causing me to see a light flickering image. The next morning woke up and the vision thing was better, but then I had a different problem. At work all day long I had the feeling like I was drunk. It wasn't a true dizziness or vertigo, just a wooziness. If I had drank 6 beers, it would be understandable, but I hadn't drank alcohol in a while. The next day that was better, but last few days, my right leg has been much worse. I have every sensation imaginable in my right leg. A deep aching pain at times, numbness/tingling, pins/needles, hot/cold spots, and a feeling like things are literally wiggling around rapidly inside my leg. Then it doesn't take much for my muscles to burn sooo bad. when I walk, I think my gait is normal, but it "feels" like my right leg doesn't lift as high as the other, but I have analyzed it myself, and they appear to be normal. Its just my perception that is messed up. These sensations are driving me crazy, both physically and mentally. I know that whatever is causing them, is not normal and it scares me. I called the neurologist, requesting my results but haven't heard yet. I think on monday I will be calling to report my worsening in symptoms. Today I was grocery shopping and while I was bagging up my groceries, that leg was burning sooo bad I was having a hard time standing stilll. I was rubbing it and moving it and trying to stop the burning. Now I have a left sided sciatic nerve problem, perhaps from favoring my right leg. But I'm tired of the sensations. I have been taking tylenol and ibuprofen daily. anyways, thanks for letting me vent.