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Originally Posted by dmplaura
Health situation here is not good. I overheard secretary tell someone on the phone that the wait to see my neurologist in particular is at least 1 year.  She said, "Well you could TRY calling others..." but didn't sound very hopeful for the person. Unreal.
Cherie, I am going back to work gradually. I think I'm going to enjoy it very much. I'm so sick of sitting around at home. Ugh. It'll be like, M, W, F 12pm to 4pm (first week), then M-F 12PM to 4PM (second week), then M,W,F 12pm to 5 pm (third week)... working my way up to 7.5 hour days. Takes 7 weeks? Or something... I didn't do the math ROFL 
I guess it answers my question about MRIs here too. No additional MRI was suggested by dear neurologist, so it seems that unless I crash and burn in a major relapse, no repeat MRIs in my case.
Cherie, I honestly don't know. I'm going to talk to my GP (or family doctor if you may, lol!) and see about a pain specialist. I know of one in Moncton who may be a good man to see, and he has 5 star ratings across the board. Some of the pain MAY be related to TMJ, but I think that ATN (atypical trigeminal neuralgia) is to blame. Who knows though. |
Neurologist appointments aren't too hard here . . . I can get one in a week or less, but maybe that's because I am already dx. Perhaps there is a shortage there?
Glad about the progressive back-to-work plan. Good luck!!
MRI's are a mostly just a dx tool in Canada. I'd be surprised if he EVER voluntarily recommends another ... unless 2+2 doesn't add up to MS in the future.
My sister has that same pain/burning you have, and after 10 yrs of suffering with it, she finally agreed to take a drug that seems to be helping (or it just happens to be going away on it's own, coincidentally
). It's probably just neurontin or something, but I'll ask . . .
Cherie
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