Hi everyone, It's been awhile since I've been here. I'm still hanging out in Limboland. Weird symptoms abound, though right now, I'm doing a bit better (knock wood.) I have an appointment on Tuesday...
For the past day or two, I've been having muscles twitching, tremors, and spasms in the side of my neck (especially on the right) and even weirder, along the bottom right side of my jaw. It feels...
My husband and I were recently in the market for a new primary care provider. We saw an internal medicine doctor who was very convenient to our home with high hopes that he'd be who we needed. We...
Thanks, everyone. I feel better today about everything, and I also told DH that I'm not going back to that doctor. Even if my symptoms ARE caused by anxiety (which I don't believe for a moment), I...
My DH and I are shopping for a new PCP. We decided to go with an internist, since they are more geared for caring for chronic illnesses. We had our first appointment with a doctor today who is only a...
I'm currently having problems with double vision, but not in the typical sense. Mine involves only words that I'm reading. For instance, I was looking at our on-screen TV guide last night, and I was...
My DH and I just got back from Nashville. I had an appointment at 10:30 this morning with a rheumatologist at Vanderbilt Medical Center, and we might as well have just stayed home. The visit wasn't...
Hi all, This is a bit off topic, but I had to have laser surgery yesterday for cervical cancer. Everything went well and the oncologist told my husband that he's pretty sure he got it all. He said...
I haven't been diagnosed yet, but I've been having problems with nausea (mainly when I'm dizzy.) I'm taking 1/2 a valium every morning for the dizziness and I have phenegrin for those times when I'm...
Thanks, Kim. I understand the difference now. Uppity, my hyperactive knee reflexes just started a few months ago. They were normal starting out, and now I almost kick the doctor each time. (She says...
Well, let me jump in here and ask a question too. Would a thyroid problem, menopause, or diabetes cause hyperactive knee reflexes and a present Babinski reflex? My MRIs, LP, and EMG were normal too....
Rhonda, I've been getting these nerve pains too for almost a year now. Sometimes they are worse than at other times. They feel like someone has jabbed me with a hot needle, and as you said, the pain...
Hi Rhonda (Happy birthday, by the way!) I haven't noticed my legs being lighter in weight, but my reflexes are definitely hyperactive. My husband can walk by while I'm sitting with my feet up in my...
I've had tinnitus in my left ear off and on for over a year. This latest bout has lasted since December 31 and has been non-stop, except for maybe one or two days scattered here or there. For the...
My PCP (who admits he doesn't have a clue as to what is wrong with me) has referred me to a rheumatologist at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville (my insurance won't pay for Mayo Clinic.) My...
My 25-year-old daughter called me this morning and was telling me that she's got an appointment with her doctor next week. She said that for the several months, she's been having bad zinger-type...
Eleanor, I'd had extreme exhaustion for several summers (heat intolerance), then I had some episodes of dizziness along with the fatigue on and off for a couple of years. Last summer hit me hard...
Hi Eleanor and Sherry, I'm doing better now. I was very dizzy, but I'm taking 1/2 a valium a day for the dizziness, which helps a lot and the nausea is gone as well. I'm guessing that was a bad...
Just weird, it doesn't hurt....
Okay, this is going to sound just weird, but tonight there is a small area about the size of a quarter on the back, lower right side of my head that is ticking (not the sound, just the sensation)....
Rhonda, I'm sorry you're having such a rough time. I had something similar a couple of weeks ago, at least with the dizziness and nausea (I've had diarrhea off and on for over a year now - chalked...
I met with the NP at my MS Specialist's office this afternoon for a check up. She's really great and a lot easier to talk to than the neurologist and more open with information, though the...
hi all, typing with one hand, so bear with me, ok. surgery went well, not much pain at all, hand has a hugr bandage on it, i have physival therapy tuesday, stitches out on the 12th. type more later...
Hi everyone, I'm having carpal tunnel release surgery tomorrow around noon, so I may not be around much for awhile (unless I get really good at typing right handed or can hire a secretary.) I'm...
Angie, I've had several MRIs, lots of blood work, a spinal tap, EVPs, EMGs, you name it, I've had it. Everything was normal, except for one of the EVPs which showed a slow nerve conduction in my left...
Thanks Rhonda and Uppity. I appreciate, as always, your words of wisdom. It's just been very frustrating to go from healthy and active to barely being able to walk at times, all within 9 months,...
I was just filling out a questionnaire for the sleep study evaluation appointment I have on Tuesday. One of the questions on the history asked for chief complaint. I wrote the following: extreme...
I've been seeing an MS specialist in Knoxville, TN, who is highly recommended by several of her patients (some of them from this site) and by the National MS Society. I've seen her twice, the first...
I requested my records from the MS specialist's office that I've been seeing. The girl at the front desk copied off the entire chart and gave it to me. I was reading through it last night, and on my...
Just a quick update - Shelly, the nurse practitioner at my neurologist's office prescribed some medication for me this past week (Valium and Phenergan) which has helped a lot with the dizziness and...
My husband is going to call our PCP Monday and insist on an appointment with Mayo Clinic. I just hope our insurance covers it, but if it does or doesn't, we have to get some answers. I need to go...
Hi everyone, I have been very ill this past week. I've had dizziness and nausea on and off for months, which has gotten much worse over the past couple of weeks. My husband had to pick me up from...
Thanks everyone. I've also noticed over the last few days a couple of itchy spots. The itching will last for 10 to 15 minutes and scratching does not help. Then the itching stops. When I look at...
Hi everyone, As you know, I haven't been diagnosed with anything yet, though the problems do continue (this past week, my muscles in my arms and legs have been so weak that it's difficult to get...
Hi all, For the past couple of weeks, I've had recurring bouts of vertigo (dizziness) and nausea. It got so bad yesterday that I had to lie down and have my husband call our PCP for some meds for the...
Oh Sweetie! I think I would be finding a new PCP. My doctor admits that he hasn't got a clue as to what is wrong with me. If I say anything about any of my weird symptoms, he just looks at me and...
Has anyone heard of Wellbuterin being used to treat nerve pain or fatigue? I was taking nortriptyline for nerve pain, but because of some bad side effects, I had to discontinue it. I've been taking...
I went to my opthalmologist appointment today about the problems I've been having with my eyes. I didn't find out a lot about what's going on with those problems except that my eyes are very dry from...
I'm having a lot of problems with my right eye lately. I've had a lot of floaters (which weren't floating, they stay in one place) for the past couple of weeks, then starting yesterday, I've had...
Michelle, I'm sorry you're having such a rough time! I'll be keeping you in my prayers that you have a full and uncomplicated recovery. Hang in there! By the way, if you're taking pain meds, they can...
Hi all, I'm having the most uncomfortable burning sensations. They started this morning when I was putting my makeup on and I noticed as I brushed the powder puff across my forehead that it felt like...
I'm sure my insurance company must think I'm falling apart. I swear I've been to the doctor more in the last year than I have in my entire life time previously. Anyway, I had an appointment with a...
I noticed a stationary floater (is that an oxymoron?) in my right eye for the past month. It looks like a piece of hair going right down the center of my vision, and several black clumps that look...
Thanks, Ladies. I didn't think it was anything to worry about . Just mainly curious....
Just wondering if anyone might know the significance of high albumin in CSF? Mine was 4840 and the normal range is 3200-4800. I know that's not too high, which is probably why my doctor didn't...
It's frustrating, isn't it Rhonda. You know something is wrong, but no one can figure out what and all the tests come back normal. Like you, I don't want a bad diagnosis, but at this point in time,...
I had my appointment with the ENT doctor a few days ago about the tinnitus (ringing) in my left ear. I've been having it off and on for over a year, but since January 1, it's been constant. The...
just all in my head! I'm starting to believe what my husband has been telling me all of these months, that there isn't anything wrong with me, that I've invented all of these symptoms for God only...
How often do you think MRIs on the brain and spinal cords should be done in someone with no diagnosis of MS yet. My last ones were in June, and they all came back negative, though the spinal ones...
Oh Sweetie, I know so well how you are feeling. It's danged frustrating to know that something is wrong, but all the tests come back normal. It's enough to make you want to just scream, isn't it....