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I AM STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT IF I HAVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.OR NOT

JO
03/20/09

I AM 58 YEARS OLD.I HAVE BEEN DISABLED SINCE I WAS 47.FROM WORKING THAT IS.I HAVE SPENT MOST OF MY LIFE IN PAIN.THE ONLY YEARS I DO NOT RECALL HAVING ANY PAIN AT ALL ARE THE AGES BETWEEN 5 AND 12.SO HERE WE GO.THESE ARE MY DIAGNOSIS.I HAVE 8 HERNIATED DISC,IBS,TMJ,OVER 30 ORAL SURGERIES,SINUS SURGERY LAST SEPTEMBER.REMOVAL OF INFECTED ORAL IMPLANT JAN 21ST.'09'.AND AFTER IT WAS REMOVED THE INFECTION INCREASED.SO ANOTHER SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED SO PAINFUL I SCREAMED THROUGH IT ALL.THEY HAD TO SHUT THE DOOR FOR FEAR OF THE LOBBY HEARING ME SCREAM.NOW THAT SEEMS TO BE HEALING FINALLY.I HAVE ARTHRITIS IN MY KNEES AND SPINE.SPINAL STENOSIS.I OF COURSE HAVE SUFFERED WITH DEPRESSION.IN THESE 2 YEARS I HAVE HAD THESE ORAL IMPLANTS I HAVE GAINED ALMOST 30 LBS.WHICH IS BACKWARDS TO MY WAY OF THINKING.I HAVE NO TEETH TO EAT WITH SO HOW HAVE I GAINED SO MUCH WEIGHT.I KNOW I TRIED LYRICA FOR 3 MONTHS AND THAT WAS WHEN I GAINED IT BUT THAT WAS OVER 2 YEARS AGO THAT IT HAS BEEN STOPPED.I DROP ATLEAST ONE GLASS OF WHAT EVER I AM DRINKIN A NIGHT SOMETIMES MORE THAN ONCE.I HAVE A STAGGERING GAIT.I HAVE PROBABLY LEAKY GUT SYNDROME.I HAVE ONE ABNORMAL KIDNEY THAT HAS 2 DESCENDING URETERS.I HAVE HAD PAIN IN MY ILIUM SINCE I HAD A HYSTRECTOMY OVER 15 YEARS AGO.PAIN IN MY STOMACH AND CANNOT FIND THE REASON FOR IT.THIS YEAR I HAVE HAD A COLONOSCOPY,ENDOSCOPY,CT/ABDOMEN, AND IT WAS NORMAL.BLOOD WORK THAT IS NORMAL.SONOGRAM OF MY GALL BLADDER AND LIVER.LVFTS BLOOD WORK THAT IS NORMAL.I AM SLIGHTLY ANEMIC.I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH URINARY HESITATION.THINGS DROP OUT OF MY HANDS AND I DONT FEEL THEM DROP UNLESS I HEAR IT HIT THE FLOOR.ONE NEUROSURGEON WHO WANTS TO DO SURERY WHICH HE SAID WOULD JUST LEAD TO MORE AND MORE SURGERIES.SO WHY START THAT MESS.I HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH FIBROMYALGIA AND MYOFASCAIL PN SYNDROME.I HAVE SEVERE SLEEP APNEA,I HAVE TRIED THE CPAP MACHINE 3 DIFFERENT MASK AND THEY USUALLY END UP ON THE FLOOR BECAUSE IT HURST MY NECK AND MY CHRONIS SINUSITIS,MY RIGH KNEE HAS A MUSCLE THAT IS TOO SHORT.IT WAS FORMED WITH A FOLD IN THE MUSCLE.BUT BOTH KNEES HURT ALL NIGHT LONG.MY FLESH HURTS IF EVEN AIR HITS IT.SHOWERS TO ME ARE TORTURE.I  HAVE BEEN STARING AT THE SAME 4 WALLS FOR 11 YEARS.I LONG TO WORK IN THE YARD AND OFTEN DO.AS IT IS SOMETHING I LOVE I TRY SELF HYPNOSIS.I FEEL MUCH BETTER MENTALLY BUT MY BODY PAYS FOR IT.I CANNOT HOLD A BOOK TO READ IT.I JUST DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO STOP.THERE ARE SO MANY SUTTLE THINGS THAT I FEEL LIKE THEY ARE SILLY TO MENTION.BUT HERE ARE 2.MY SKIN IS SO DRY I COULD PUT PURE OIL ON AFTER A SHOWER AND HAVE MY CUTICLES CURLING UP AND PEELING OFF WITHIN AN HOUR.AND MY BODY TEMP IS ALL OVER THE PLACE.I HAVE FOUND THAT IF I PUT THE THERMASTAT AT 74.AND MY HUSBAND CHANGES IT WHILE I AM SLEEPING .WHEN IT GETS ONE DEGREE HOTTER OR COOLER THAN I SET IT ON I WILL WAKE UP.I THROW UP IN MY SLEEP AND HAVE HOT WATER RUN OUT OF MY NOSTRILS.LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE A PRETTY GOOD PICTURE.I HAVE HYPOTHYROID.I TAKE ARMOUR THYROID FOR IT.I TAKE THE LOWEST MG OF PREMARIN.SINCE MY TOTAL HYSTRECTOMY.I HAVE WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED MIND CHATTER.I HAVE A PROBLEM STOPPING THE THOUGTS IN MY MIND.IT IS AS IF THERE WAS A CINEMA REEL AND WHEN IT GETS TO THE END IT JUST STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN.I HAVE WORKED AT MAYO CLINIC FOR 7 YEARS SO I HAD 3 YEARS OF PHYSICAL THEREAPY 3 TIMES A WEEK.I WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR FOR OVER 20 YEARS UNTIL HE SAID THIS IS NOT HELPING YOU.I CAN HEAR YOUR BONES GO BACK TO WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE I ADJUSTED YOU.HE SAID I NEEDED MUSCLE WORK.MY PAIN MANG DOCTOR GAVE ME TIZANADENE FOR THE MUSCLES THAT RUN PARALLEL TO MY SPINE.THEN I FOUND OUT THAT IS A RX THEY GIVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.SO WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT I MIGHT HAVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.I LISTENED TO A DR.MARK HYMAN AND IT MADE SENSE TO ME.COGNITIVE THINKING.FORGETFULL NESS SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS.WHEN I TYPE IT IS AS IF I AM DYSLEXIC.I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY CORRECT MY TYPING ADN THAT IS WHY IT TAKES ME SO LONG TO WRITE ONE LETTER.PLEASE HELP ME OR ATLEAST POINT ME IN SOME DIRECTION.I WOULD REALLY APPPRECIATE IT.JO

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Elizabeth Roberts
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Saturday, March 21, 2009

Hi Jo,

 

I'm sorry to hear of your long years of pain. Unfortunately this is a web site devoted solely to Inflammatory Bowel Disease - IBD - and I just can't answer your question. I have heared than an MRI is a pretty definitve way to see if you have MS. But, given all of your other symptoms/problems it would seem that there are multiple reason for your pain.

 

You're going to have to keep looking to see if you can find a doctor or doctors who can help you.

 

Best of luck,

Elizabeth

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