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Christian, mother of 6, Executive HR Manager, horse lover

I love children! I am married and have 6 wonderful children; my...

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Friday, October 02, 2009
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Well, after another bout of mri's; now i get to wait; praying for them to find the answers; praying that the lesions that they now believe are there; actually show themselves.  What kind of sick and demented person am I to wish for such a thing?  Understand, that I DO NOT WANT ANY OF THIS; but I can't keep up with the limbo anymore.  I am deteriorating at a steady rate and things are going from bad to worse.  After reading Lisa's posts on sexual dysfunction and numbness; I knew to inform my neuro of the newer changes; which prompted this most recent round of images.  Perennial numbness is a big deal (I guess given my current state of pending divorce I should see the "good" in this); unfortunately, it has moved to my urethra and now I am having issues with leakage.  I am only 41 years old and I am humiliated by this; but understand I am not alone. I just purchased panty liners; luckily it is not a huge amount at this point.  I would appreciate any ideas on this.  I am also having problems with controlling my emotional response to things; aka pseudobulbar effect.  My 7 year old daughter was a little freaked out that I was crying while reading her book to her about a little girl and a pony.  I kept thinking, how beautiful it was that other people cared about her getting a pony; which made me cry...I am NOT prone to this behavior; but since I am now aware of PE; it explains some laughter fits I had last summer.  

Anyway, the most disturbing thing going on (as if the rest of it isn't enough) is my left arm and chest pain.  I started having pain in the left part of my chest; it started with my left arm shoulder area and radiates down to my elbow and hand.  My left pinky and ring finger go completely numb and stay that way most of the time.  My elbow hurts most of the time and I can get my "funny bone bumped reaction" to happen just by running my finger over it.  When I lay down; my left arm will buzz and I have to prop it on a pillow to try to stop it from hurting.  I can't lay on my left side; because this exacerbates the problem and adds my head to the tingling.  My heart is healthy; so that is not a problem.  I am ready for some medication; I can't keep up with this much longer without some kind of help.  I have two more tests before my doc tries the steroids; but I'm still really scared about it.

 

Thanks everyone for allowing me to vent and for being so kind with your responses.  This place is all I have.  I really need to find a live group as well; but no luck yet.  

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