Denda and uppitycats. Thanks for your response. What if my neurological tests (EMG, etc) are normal, and my brain, c-spine tests are normal but I still experience numbness in foot and arm and dulled...
Can someone explain peripheral neuropathy to me? Could numbness in your foot/arm and (sorry to get personal) dulled orgasms (I'm not on any medication) be a result of p.n? I have no lesions on my...
I am taking prilosec with no relief. I'm thinking it could be a spastic issue..How do you know you have espophegeal spasms? Did the doctor have to do an endoscopy for that? Eleanor...
Has anyone been diagnosed with this as a result of neuropathy? What works for it? I'm at the point where I'm going to get an endoscopy because it's constant and nothing works. Thanks, Eleanor...
Are any of the above elevated when you have MS? Eleanor...
I've had a lumpectomy and radiation on my left breast due to DCIS breast cancer. If in the future I want to get a mastectomy and breast implants, am I able to, or am I not able to at all because I...
Kas, Can you tell me what you do for your uti issues? Did your dr. say anything else or that the bladder pain is just neurological? I'm thinking of going back on elavil which is an anti-depressant...
I've posted this topic before. Have one other question.. Does having MS cause someone to sometimes have a neurogenic bladder where you don't have an actual uti, but somehow you feel like you have a...
Kim. Can I get in touch with you another way vs. using the message board? Do you have another e-mail to use? Eleanor...
Tory. Thank you. Can you please tell me what antibiotics you are on? I had lymes at 28 and now I'm 41. I am going to an ID doc in a couple of weeks and can't get there soon enough.. I don't think I...
Thanks. I wonder if if that's true for lymes, though.. Eleanor...
Thanks Rhonda. I didn't see much if any postings about head pressure and MS so I was wondering.. The pressure is inside my head. It does feel like a brain fog like your head is not attached to your...
I meant to say, " the starts of Lymes or MS" in my last posting.. Sorry...the brain fog is getting to me. Eleanor...
I'm still in the midst of what I had/have is a lymes relapse or the starts of lymes.. Is head pressure EVER a symptom of MS? I'm not talking about a headache/migraine. I'm talking a pressure that...
Kim, Would it be okay to call you sometime? It would help me to talk to someone who has lymes since I had it too and now I'm experiencing lymes/ms symptoms? Eleanor...
KIMC.. I live in Aberdeen...Would love to chat with you.. I had lymes 13 years ago. Not sure if this is a relapse. My western blot tested negative. Not sure if they sent it to Ignex. I'll find out.....
Thanks, everyone! I'll keep you posted on my progress. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Eleanor...
Kimber, I'm amazed at how well this site is managed and how kind people are including yourself. Thanks..So far this site has been a great resource for me.. Eleanor...
Uppity, Again, you are great when it comes to explaining things. The neurologist I went to is a Board certified neurologist, but has only been board certified for several years. If it comes down to a...
Kimber.. You are a doll for being so responsive to me.. Thank you.. From what I hear about a spinal tap, I would be scared to death to get one from the side effects that people experience. I hope it...
Uppitycats.. I'm going to get a c-spine mri.. Are you saying that even if that's negative and symptoms persist, a spinal tap can detect what an mri can't.. If you are telling me that the side effects...
Thanks.. The antidepressant made me constipated, and I was concerned it was preventing me from losing weight.. Not good enough reasons.. Eleanor...
I've only did a brain mri.. He wants me to do c-spine mri, just to get the whole picture. He wants me to come back for an EEG, VER and a lower SSEP test...Can anyone shed any light on what these...
Uppity.. Thanks for all the detail you put into your last e-mail. Can you please answer a few more questions? I went to a neurologist today and mentioned my bladder infection that came out of no...
I just got a uti out of no where I feel. I've had many uti's throughout my life and even had interstitial cystitis. How do you manage your uti's? Do you do anything ot prevent them? Are you getting...
Can someone please tell me the connection between MS and uti's? Why are they linked together? Are people with MS more prone to UTI's or bladder discomfort? Is Interstial cystitis and MS linked?...
Yes, Dale.. I've had blood work for anemia.. It was negative. Thanks for asking. Eleanor...
Kas, I hear ya...The weakness is bad, but losing my mental ability is very scary and sad.. Eleanor...
Hey Rhonda. I have seen people on this site post that they feel nausea and dizziness and dramamine type meds have worked. I've experiened the same thing..So I guess it is somewhat of a symptom. I...
I know..I'm on a roll tonight with the questions..... Does anyone experience head pressure as a symptom of MS? Is that a symptom of MS? Thanks again, Eleanor...
I thought perhaps because I experience nausea that it is related to the pallor... Eleanor...
Rhonda, Thanks for sharing your experience. It's very difficult for me right now since I just started a new job and have to learn so much. Hope it gets better.. Eleanor...
Does anyone experience pallor from this disease? I wake up every morning and my coloring is not right. I'm just downright pale. It's not due to any medication since I'm not on any. Eleanor...
Do these type of problems ever get better or is always stay the same or get worse? It's hard to think I will never get my short-term memory back again as well as my learning abilities.. I have to...
KAS1.. It definitely means SOMETHING because before I got sick with all these symptoms, this NEVER happened to me.. Very weird.. Eleanor...
Uppitycats... Thanks you! You helped clarify.. Eleanor...
Dender, Thanks for telling me your story.. I am so sorry to hear about your tremors and all the horrible symptoms you're experiencing. By the way.. I don't think it's normal that we shiver when it's...
Rhonda, Thanks So much for getting back to me.. Can you PLEASE tell me what your symptoms are? Will you get a spinal tap since everything keeps coming back negative? Eleanor...
Kember, I am going to a Neurologist this Friday and can't get there quick enough.. The cognitive problems and weakness is pretty awful, especially since I just started a new job where I really have...
Thanks, again, Kimber. That's exactly what happens to me when it's even mildly chilly out. Weird.....
Thanks, Kimber. I am asking alot of questions because I am fairly new to these symptoms and pretty frightened. This message board is a godsend......
I'm sorry... let me clarify.. I mean brain tissue degeneration where a T1 mapping MRI is done.. I read since it's not due to inflammation (autoimmune) that this type probably wouldn't respond to ms...
Does anyone have the symptom of shivering in an over the top way if it's a little chilly out.. I'm not even talking cold... Very weird. Eleanor...
Has anyone heard of the above type MRI to detect brain degeneration vs. lesions to detect ms? Has anyone had it done? I read that this type of MS may not respond to the typical medication that is...
Kimber, Thanks for sharing the info on mri's.. I think I went too soon to have one.. I don't think going after only having symptoms for a month is enough time to detect lesions. If you never get...
Dender, I am very grateful for your response...Why wouldn't they think you have MS at this point if you show lesions? Is your numbness in your foot and arm like myself? Also, are the tremors you have...
How long do you have to wait after symtoms start to get a brain mri? Mine was negative, but I only waited a month after symptoms.. thanks, Eleanor...
Sherry and Lisa, Did your nausea and weakness start from the very start??? Mine did.. I took dramamine and it helped..What were your signs of possibly MS in the first month? Thanks, Eleanor...
Hi Lisa. Your posting moved me. How are you these days? I certainly feel for you and totally understand since I am in the midst of trying to get diagnosed since I have MS symptoms but have a negative...
Thank you SO much for your reply. I was diagnosed with Lymes about 12 years ago. That's why it's hard to grasp that I would have a relapse much later in life especially when my symptoms are a little...