Just got out of Hospital

This Monday I left work early with severe dizziness and weakness, and my hands were shaking. When I got home I slept for a few hours and got up to use the bathroom(I guess) and found the floor instead. Somehow I called my wife on my cell phone, she was in the living room, and told her to come help me. I don't remember any of this. She found me face down on the floor of our room passed out. I came to and didn't have feeling in or could not move my legs or arms and hands. After trying to get me up and failing at that, she called an ambulance and I went to the E.R. I had a really really bad head ache and vertigo, could not even open my eyes without spinning. I don't remember much but I got admitted and put on Steroids and had an MRI and cat scan. The MRI didn't show and new lesions. The doc finally said I had an acute MS exacerbation. I am home now but still really weak in my legs and feet.  Plus these steroid's are making me go crazy, at least I only had a 3 day treatment instead of 5 day I had last time. They gave me Ambien in the hospital but would not prescribe me any- I don't know why, they told me to take benadryl which was supposedly the same thing. . . . right. Just wondering something that the neuro on call told me and don't sound right to me, he said Headaches and MS are not related at all. I don't understand that cause I have heard that they are ? anyone know? Anyways I think I'm going to try and pass out for a while before I'm up climbing the walls in a few hours. Thanks for letting me share my S*%#y week. talk to you later.--

Tertle.

http://www.msakc.org/Articles/UncommonSymptomsofMS.htm

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/413741

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=15482362&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

The last link is really just to show that further research is needed and being done. There are, as i found, many like these if u google 'headaches multiple sclerosis'.

Tertle, I'm sorry to hear that you re going through this.  I did not realize that a flare could hit you so quickly.  That must have scared both you and your wife.  Steriods can really make it difficult to sleep.  Do you have a primary care physician? Ask her or him for a prescription for ambien.  Benadryl obviously is not the same and does not work as well.  I hope you continue to improve.

Geez, i hope you feel better soon. That must have been so scarey. Just letting you know that my thoughts and prayers are with you for a speedy recovery from this flair. Please don't feel down on yourself even tho it is so easy to do with this ugly disease (i know the feeling). You will get back to your old self soon, have faith.

Take care,

Lynn

Hey Turtle,

I am so sorry for you troubles.  You have been through an awful lot lately.  All my flares have hit really hard like that too but not so hard as to liteally lay me out like that last one of yours.  Mine came on in a matter of hours and there was no doubt as to the fact that something was very very wrong.  I changed everthing with my diagnosis.  I eat very healthy now.  I don't do anything really different, I just do what we are all supposed to be doing.  I limit red meat and fats and eat lots of freash veggies and fruit and all that. I also excercise in various ways.  Mostly aerobic, I need to add strength training but I have been a bit lazy about that.  The excercise has really helped keep my energy level up.  Good luck with all you do to increase the quality of your life.  If you make those changes, just the fact that you are doing more to fight this disease will make you feel better and impowered.  Keep us posted.

Love and prayers,