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Old 05-09-2010, 10:13 AM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Adelphi, MD
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frenchcandy frenchcandy is offline
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Adelphi, MD
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10 yr Member
Confused I am a new member :) I am so confused....

but mainly scared of what my life could become. I may have MS and that is really flippin me out. All the signs are apparently there except... I have NO symptoms right now. Last november I started feeling really weak at work and decided to lay down for a little while. (I had only had 4 or 4 hours of sleep so it did not seem unusual to be tired..). Then all 4 of my limbs felt numb.. Paramedics came to get me (I was at work) and they did a CT scan at the ER. They decided to keep me overnight and then the Dr. ordered an MRI. Showed some shadows on my brain and they started talking about MS. My PCP orderd an MRI W/ contrast and it revealed the same thing so i went to a neurologist. He looked and examined me and said that it could just be the way my brain is.. F/U MRI last week (5 months later) showed a new lesion so now he wants to have me start treatment (interferon or glatimer..). Blood work all came back negative for other conditions that could mimic MS. So now I will go and get a lombar puncture next thursday. I feel like this will be the nail in MY coffin... I am trying NOT to stress about all this but I am scared out of my mind. What if I can't take care of my family anymore? What if I can't play with my child? What if I can't go to work? Will we loose our condo? Can I buy life insurance now after I am almost diagnosed? can I switch to a different health insurance? Surely this will now be considered an pre-existing condition. I have SO MANY QUESTIONS!!!
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