Hi,

I finally got my MD (Primary Care Physician) to send to the State Medicaid Managed Care office for the Referral to a Neurologist.

I have been Having such pain and now new symptoms since my last MRI in 2003.

I am really hoping to find some sort of additional answers for the pain I have been experiencing daily. I am still taking the Percocet 10/325 mg. Taking (2) of them three times a day, and still having severe pain flares and also other Neurological symptoms.

I go to see the Neurologist beginning of March. I am really hoping to find some answers. When I called the office in regards to my MRI of the Cervical Spine and X-rays of my Cervical and Thoracic part of my neck, the Nurse said they are quite a bit older than he would like only to bring them anyway.

I am hoping for him to do another MRI since the last was in 2003. Mostly since then I have had an EMG done on my right upper extremity and dx of Carpal Tunnel in my right side.

Since then, I have been having severe Headaches with Nausea. Yesterday when I went to go to sleep in my recliner, as I am no longer able to sleep laying down.

I had a pillow behind my head and shoulders as my left shoulder has been in severe pain. After getting comfortable as I am able, My legs and feet started to just go mad. I had not had this before. My right ankle went into extreme spasm and toes contorted. While My Left Calf of my leg had a huge painful constriction of the big part of my back calve. I had to get up screaming out as it hurt so bad. I walked around the apartment doing everything I could think of to make the leg muscle relax and out of spasm. Only this lasted for about 5 minutes of sharp pain which I was scared would not end. It finally relaxed and was able to put my legs and feet up again.

Also, I have been having trouble with my vision as in the evenings and at night it has been going blurred at times and I have to close my left eye in order to even come close to being able to see. This has also been happening with my vision when driving on the highway. It comes and goes. So I made an appointment with the GP who did blood work to rule out Diabetes and metabolic profile and checked my TSH for the thyroid problem. I called the nurse who said my blood work came back normal so I am wondering if the vision problems are coming from the Neurological problems?

I have been reading up on different disorders, and so far am diagnosed with Cervical Spinal Stenosis, and Carpal Tunnel. Not ruled out though is the large amount of Neuroleptics I was taking in the '90s like Thorazine. There is alot I have read on Neuroleptics and Tartive Dyskenisia. So I am only hoping to find something out next month about all of this.

I fear MS or Parkinson only hope to find some answers. The pain ends up consuming me at times. Any advise of things I may want to tell the Neurologist would be help thank you for taking the time in reading this long post.

Thanks again-