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Originally Posted by Blairzo
I was at neurology today and they are testing me for what seems like a million things.
I have got symptoms in my feet and bladder / bowel etc.
They are testing for peripheral neuropathy amongst other things. I have to get nerve conduction studies and a brain MRI.
We have a few fair few auto immune things in the family so they are testing me for them and things like lymes.
Funnily enough I'm feeling the best I have In a long time, it's nuts that I'm feeling much better and they are searching for anything and everything.
I have weakness in my right leg and foot. 3/5 and I have weak reflexes and absent reflex in foot. I got burning and tingling in my middle toes and it's difficult to know what my big toe is doing.
I don't know when my bladder is full so I've been catheterising for a while. I'm still having bowel issues, and I've lost weight so they're testing for coeliacs.
I got so much buzzing around in my head, is this a usual initial appt?
What the nerve testing like? Why do they do so many tests for so many diseases?
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start a journal where you list tests and results. Medications and symptoms before and after to record effectiveness. Use a 1 to 10 for pain scale and frequency in hours or days for changes in bladder and or bowel. I feel that the bunched up testing is a good thing. Many have to wait extended periods to get tests approved and scheduled. Not capturing the info soon leads to duplication and retracing steps. Your initial appt is not the most basic as it sounds like there may be an Auto-immune component with the bowel and bladder involved. Tinnitis is also a symptom so I don't know if you are joking around with the buzzing in your head. Good Luck, Ken in Texas.