Hi everyone,

I am actually on the Thoracic Outlet Syndrome community for myself.

But it is my son that I am concerned about right now.

Last October he had major problems with alot of blood in the stool. He was going 8 times a day. We took him to the emergency room, he didn't have insurance so all they did was a CT scan and said everything looked fine give him some Zantac.

He then was approved for Medicaid, so we took him to our family doctor for a more indepth exam.

We told him about the blood issue and in the meantime he began experiencing the problem with his eye sight in his right eye. Colors are all washed out and greyish looking, along with tremors in his hands, memory loss and trouble speaking..as far as being able to get his point across. He also has where he said his entire body feels like numb. He does have numbness in his feet. And he has bad headaches. He also has severe pain in his lower back he said especially around the tail bone area, he has difficulty walking because of the pain. He is tired all the time, he sleeps anywhere from 12 to 14 hrs a day and wakes up extremely tired. He has even tried to just sleep 8 hrs and still is very tired.

So the doctor sent him to Beaumont Eye Institute, they did over 2 hrs worth of testing and said everything looks fine. They felt he needed to see a Neurologist.

We went back to the family doctor who agreed and he also wants a stool sample to make sure the blood is gone.

He can't get into see a neurologist until March.

My son Jacob plays guitar, he went to his lesson on Saturday and was talking to his teacher about what's been going on with him. His teacher said Jacob I have MS and my symptoms started exactly like yours.

I am a bit worried now, but I told Jacob not to worry about it until he is seen by the neurologist.

Is his teacher right? Are these some of the symptoms? I just am trying to educate myself just in case it turns out to be MS.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Is there anything that I should ask specifically when we go to see the neurologist. Should I ask for an MRI?

Jacob will not go into a doctor's office by himself because he says he get's confused and can't remember anything the doctor says. He is 20 years old.

Our family doctor just put him on Lexapro for his depression. He's only been on it a few days now. But I can see that he is a little bit calmer.

Thank you so much for any advice that you may have.

Diane