SASHIE

Health Interests

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS,  PAIN,  FATIGUE,  DEPRESSION

Drugs I am Taking

NONE

About Me

IN MY EARLY 30'S I WAS A SINGLE MOTHER WITH TWO CHILDREN. I WAS SUFFERING WITH INTENSE FATIGUE, LOSS OF BALANCE AND DEPRESSION. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MENIERE'S SYNDROME. BUT THAT WAS INACCURATE. AT 42 I WAS DEALING WITH STRESS AT WORK AND BEGAN TO FEEL STIFFNESS IN MY LEGS. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE FLU. ANOTHER INACCURATE DIAGNOSES. EVENTUALLY I COULD NOT WALK (PARALYZED LEGS) AND BEGAN TO LOOSE STRENGTH IN MY HANDS AND ARMS. I WAS HOSPITALIZED AND DIAGNOSED WITH MS. I CONTINUED TO WORK FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS UNTIL THE FATIGUE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE. NOW AT THE AGE OF 64, MY MAIN SYMPTOMS ARE FATIGUE, PAIN IN MY LEGS AND HANDS. IT IS DIFFICULT TO SLEEP. A MEDICATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY NEUROLOGIST (MIRAPEX) USED PRIMARILY FOR RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME AND PARKINSONS DISEASE HAS LIFTED (ALONG WITH CYMBALTA) 20 YEARS OF DEPRESSION. I AM HAPPY ABOUT THAT BUT THE PAIN IS KEEPING ME FROM LIVING MY LIFE AS I WOULD LIKE TO. I HAVE DECIDED TO SELL MY FLORIDA CONDO BECAUSE OF MY INABILITY TO TAKE THE FLORIDA HEAT AND SUN. I MARRIED A SECOND TIME IN 1982 AND FORTUNATELY HAVE A PRINCE OF A HUSBAND BUT HE HAS TO DO SO MUCH FOR ME THAT I FEEL BAD. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE (ALTHOUGH NO DOCTOR SEEM INTERESTED) THAT MY FIRST SYMPTOMS OCCURRED AFTER A HYSTERECTOMY AT THE AGE OF 31, AGAIN AT AN EARLY MENOPAUSE. I HAD A HORMONE IMBALANCE THAT PREVENTED ME FROM GETTING PREGNANT AND DEVELOPED LARGE FIBROID TUMORS. I WAS TOLD THAT I DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH PROGESTERONE (SPELLING?) I OFTEN WONDERED IF THE HORMONE PROBLEM HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MS.