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Old Jun 07, 2006, 05:03 PM
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Doc went very well!! I explained all the symptoms I've been having and everything but the eye and the pain in my head is stress and steroids....not MS!!! She spent about an hour with me, and gave me a brief overview of the disease. Basically the brain lesions cause some part of the muscle coating of my nerves to deteriorate. The part of the body affected will recover but never 100%. I asked her about the definitive diagnosis and she said the MRI is the definitive. There's no question that it's MS, most likely relapsing and remitting, which just means that I'll never know when it'll flair up. She thinks the pain and weakness I've been experiencing is all due to the steroids and the stiffness in my neck is stress, so that should alleviate when I get off the steroids. My last day on those will be the 14th, so that's when I can start expecting to feel human. She knows of the neurologist I'm seeing and is excited that I'm seeing him. She says I'm doing everything I can do, I'm not going to be taking any meds as of yet, at least not prescribed by her. She says there's a lot of medications that have done wonders for MS, where as 15 years ago it was more, we'll just document your decline. There's a medication for fatigue associated with MS that is not a stimulant, so that's a good option, and lots of holistic treatments as well. She's awesome, I love her! So...now that I've seen her I think a lot of the stress with dissapate and that will help with some of the pain, and I'll keep on keepin on. She's very happy that I've got 13 months in the program, that that is probably one of the best things I've got goin for me.So, feeling much relief and encouragement!
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