Information and opinions on health from joanna at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/478729/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/478729/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/478729/index http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/478729/101163/good-news Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:33:55 -0500 joanna Crap!! I "Did" have most of a message here and looked down and then back and it was gone!!!! What's up with that??? Anyway, as I was saying , My Neurogolist called last week to tell me there was nothing showing on either the MRI's or the brain scan. And I felt like he was saying well that's it, bye bye now. So, I said to him, well the pain and all is still here, so then he said I could come in this week. Thanks for small favors. Doctors all seem... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/478729/101163/good-news http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/478729/98882/things Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:57:59 -0500 joanna Things  are really going down hill. Can't even get the image I downloaded to show up. Oh well.. . I think the last share-post I talked about the fact my doctor wanted to put me on Cymbalta(ms) and it was scaring me. Well she decided we'd stay on Effexor and just try a higher dose. So far I can't tell anything being different. The main thing I wanted to write about is all the latest things happening.  I like my Neurologist... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/478729/98882/things http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/478729/97219/day-hospital Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:09:23 -0500 joanna Recently, like yesterday, I mentioned I might go into the hospital to see if I could finally get some help. Last night my daughter in law called an ambalance and they came to take me. Kind of an experience because the only other time I went to the hospital by ambalance I had been hit by a car. The rooms in this hospital ER were private, and seperate from each other and very nice, only lacking a bathroom. After giving what seemed like a galleon... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/478729/97219/day-hospital http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/478729/94499/now-what Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:43:47 -0500 joanna For the past two weeks I've been worried out of my mind that I might have MS. I had most of the symptoms and was just waiting for my Dr. app't. so he could tell me what's happeniing. I saw him yesterday and he pretty much ruled out the MS but not completely, He's more concerned with white areas aound center of my brain. (Me too!!!) Now He wants me to have "another" MRI AND CT Scan and possibly a Spinal Tap>:(   I've never had one... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/478729/94499/now-what http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/478729/92100/handle Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:29:10 -0400 joanna I just got a copy of my last MRI done recently. Looks like I may have MS on top of everything else going on! Isn't that a great way to tell someone? Just send them their results and say guess what, you may have MS! I am beside myself. I don't know what to do, hhow to feel about this, what can be done. I know I will know more when I see a neurologist in aa week and a half, but I am scared. http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/478729/92100/handle