Carolynvb, Safeway is a US -- United STates -- grocery chain. You can read about them here: http://shop.safeway.com/superstore/default.asp?brandid=1&page=corphome activated your link...
I'm so glad you got approved on your first try! As for your health insurance..I SO wish you would have asked that question immediately upon being laid off! What you NEEDED to do then was to apply for...
I hope you continue to do well. I did have a sore back the next day, kind of achey and uncomfortable, but an ibuprofen seemed to help both with the achiness and the slight headache. I hope yours goes...
You get Lyme Disease from a tick bite..NOT from any other "trigger". A TICK bite. It's a bacterial infection, from a TICK that has the infection, and SPREADS it to you. Perhaps..and it's pure...
I'm not real clear about your diagnosis..you HAVE been diagnosed with lupus? (Just because your mother had it doesn't necessarily mean that you have it!) The mitral valve prolapse and bronchitis...
Yes. Just because you have one autoimmune disease (lupus) you are not immune to others...or any other disease or disorder, for that matter. Some folks with a compromised immune system seem to develop...
Well, after my first puncture...I didn't know any better...I got up, got dressed, went back to work. **Not a good thing**. Fortunately I had NO side effects other than a bit of a sore back the next...
The prep would take about an hour -- they'll want to do some checking of your vital signs, prepare the area (sanitize), presumably give you some instructions about laying flat for several hours...
Sorry, I haven't taken the provigil so can't help with that.. but I did want to say that I'm glad you 've found a neuro you like, and who seems to be willing to spend time with you. I've long been...
I'm really sorry you're having so many difficulties. We can't diagnose you, of course -- nobody here is a doctor, only patients ourselves. It's good that you're seeing a neurologist, though, and...
You really need to go back to your doctor to ask this question, but very generally and very basically, all that is talking about "mechanical" problems with your spine, spinal compressions, bulging...
Here is a link to the National MS Society page which specifically talks about genetics and MS: -multiple-sclerosis/who-gets-ms/genetics/index.aspx]http://www.nationalmssociety.org/about[b]...
I know that there are statistics "out there" that suggest that when one partner in a relationship gets MS (or other chronic diseases) that it can negatively affect the length of the relationship...
Here is a website that has Canadian doctors listed -- you scroll through to your city (or the next bigger city near you) and click on that, and doctors come up....
Have you seen a doctor to discuss any of this? There sometimes is a genetic connection with MS, but certainly not always, and with a history of other females in your family dealing with undiagnosed...
There are lots of reasons you could be getting this sensation. MS is not a disease of "neck or spinal degeneration", though. It could be a sensory problem that sometimes happens with MS....or some...
I can't find anything that suggests this would be used to treat people with MS. As Rhonda said, it's used as a treatment for a variety of fungal diseases....
Balance is one of the first things that "disappeared" for me. I spent a lot of time "walking like a drunk", weaving to one side, slamming in to door frames, and flat falling over my own feet, before...
I just read the article (for reasons unknown to me ...computers are a mysterious thing..the link worked just fine rig ht now). Anyway...as *I* read the article, the National MS Society is suggesting...
This, by the way, is likely what you had -- BAER (not bear): http://www.lsu.edu/deafness/baerexpl.htm ...
All this really means is basically what it said...there are no new lesions visible on the MRI. This does not mean that you could not go on to develop MS (lesions aren't always visible on an MRI), but...
I'm so sorry to learn of your friend and her daughter! It must be very scary for the entire family....
I can't get your link to work..and don't have time right now to go over to the National MS site to find this..but I will! I don't think that medically "benign" means "harmless", necessarily. You hear...
MS is a diagnosis of "exclusion". Meaning, the doctors want to rule out everything else but MS. These tests will look at brain waves from your brain to body parts, and see whether the flow is...
Alaska is so beautiful. We've been there 3 times now...once around June 21, Summer Solstice, and were awed at the HUGE plants, and daylight nearly 22 hours (we were in Fairbanks). I don't know that I...
Those tests are to determine how well signals are getting from your brain to various body parts, and are all part of the diagnostic process. If it is very warm and humid there..and the heat and...
Fatigue in and of itself does not mean you have..or might in the future have..MS. I suspect you're just flat burned out...tired...stressed...probaby need a break. I think your "self-diagnosis" is...
You're in Alaska, right? A really lovely state...but a challenge to get around, for sure. Do come back and let us know how the rest of the testing goes....
I think what you are talking about is having the doctor test for sensory changes that you might be experiencing. He is specifically looking for changes in skin sensitivity. Sometimes patients will...
Sorry, I can't help with the provigil as I don't take any meds other than something for bladder control, and Betaseron (one of the MS drugs). You should try it to see if it helps. But another...
They are looking for 2 (or more) oligoclonal bands in the spinal fluid -- which will indicate a disorder of the central nervous system -- not specifically MS. Let's assume for a moment that the...
I do hope you understand, Carolyn, that if you DO have MS, the common treatments for MS (Copaxone, Avonex, Betaseron, Rebif) are not cures, and won't alleviate any symptoms. You'd have to continue to...
I have been numb from mid-torso to toes for all the years (25+) that I've had MS. Sometimes the sensation increases in intensity, sometimes fades to a pretty low level, but is always there. My feet...
Doctors start taking medications seriously when patients "complain" -- report - -that they can no longer easily perform what doctors call "activities of daily living", or ADL's. That is, when it is...
Hey, you've not bothered me at all! Just one more thought -- not about Lyme: When you read on a test -- like, on a "prescription" for an MRI, for example, something like: "test for MS"....that...
Best trick for managing heat? Stay inside, under air conditioning! :) I rarely go out except very early in the morning and in the early evening, or maybe on a day like today when it's in the high...
It's interesting you say this: "It was found that a number of members had financial itnerest in labs, meds, etc." I've claimed that for YEARS, and have been "poo-pooed" by Lyme "fanatics". My husband...
In case anyone else is reading this thread and is interested, here's a pretty clear descript ion of encephalitis, cause, treatments, all that: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/encephalitis/DS00226 As...
Walking pneumonia a trigger for Lyme? I thought Lyme Disease is solely a tick-borne disease..meaning you get Lyme disease from having been bitten by a tick that is a carrier (not all ticks are...
There has long been studies about the connection between infections (bacterial or otherwise) and autoimmune diseases -- but look at the article you cited again: primarily the autoimmune disease link...
Mycoplasma infection is commonly called "walking pneumonia", a form of bronchitis. Here's a website that describes it: http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/mycoplasma/fact_sheet.htm...
Do keep track of any new symptoms that might occur, and let your doctor know about them. And follow up with the menopause thing - -which can cause all sorts of emotional instability along with real...
Rhonda, what is different about her situation is primarily her age -- pretty old to get a diagnosis of MS with no earlier episodes, and the fact that the only main symptom seems to be the stiffness...
I did a bit of research and couldn't find any reference to MS or other autoimmune disorders, but did find references to Lyme disease and other similar diseases caused by ticks and other insects. And...
No. All my blood work always comes back normal, no other infections or disease processes going on. This is of course at a usual annual physical, not when I might have gone to the doctor with a...
I think it quite reasonable to share with your doctor your symptoms...and ask for a blood test to see if perhaps your hormones are "out of whack". Remind him of your age (although he probably knows),...
Here is a website that describes the CRP-reactive protein test, and what it might indicate: .com/cs/diagnostic/a/crp.htm]http://arthritis.about[b] .com/cs/diagnostic/a/crp.htm Not MS, but some other...
Good luck with your spinal tap (lumbar puncture). While you'll find many "horror stories" around about it...I've had 3, with NO complications other than a bit of a sore back the next day. Just follow...
The only CPR I know about is cardio-pulmonary resuscitation...and that's not what you mean, I'm sure. Here's a website that describes many of the common symptoms of peri-menopause (pre-menopause) and...
Carolyn, how old are you? Did I see that you are in your early 40's? Could it be possible that your hormones are wildly fluctuating because you recently gave birth .. and now are moving into...