First of all, I'm new to this forum so hello to everyone ! I have been having headace's, blurred vision, disorientation, nausea, forgetfulness and so my dr. sent me to have an MRI, an eye exam and to the neurologist. The eye dr. was first and he found that I have swelling around my optic nerve. It kinda scares me to think what could be causeing the swelling. Has anyone ever had this?

Welcome to the community! Sorry, I have no answers for you, hopefully one of the others will post who has more experience. I certainly can understand why you are concerned. That would be a scary set of symptoms to be dealing with. Let's hope your doctor will figure it out quickly, and that it will be fairly innocuous to deal with.
In the meantime, though, keep us updated on what is going on. You will find this a wonderful community to come and chat with. Even if no one has an answer for you, at least we are hear to listen and sympathize.
Hugs,

Welcome to the forum, skmklal. I don't have any answers for you either but maybe somebody else will. Maybe someone could direct you to a specific forum on here where the people there might have more answers for you.

Hi skmklal and welcome. I don't have any specific answers for you, but somebody should be along that can help you.

skmklal ...

I don't think ANYONE here can tell you what is going on (unless there is a psychic neurologist lurking this forum). You have only been to the eye doctor -- you must next have the MRI of your brain and then the results of the MRI and the eye exam will be sent to the neurologist and HE will be the one to make sense of it all. I know it is frustrating to have to wait for a diagnosis. If you were hospitalized, all these tests would be done in 2 days at most, but when outpatient, you wait for your appointments.

There are many conditions that cause optic nerve inflammation and swelling, and if the opthomologist could have made a diagnosis, he would have, but all he could to is tell you what he found. Once the neurologist has the MRI and the Opthomologist's report, he will have have the clues to start to put it all together.

I hope that whatever it is, that it can be resolved by your doctors. In the meantime, I know that every last one of us can understand how you are feeling. It is scary, so scary, to not know. I hope your waiting time will not be long.

In the meantime, if any of your symptoms become markedly more severe, I would advise that you go to the emergency room.

Teri

Kyla, I know how hard it is to wait on a diagnosis. Seems like your doctors are moving pretty fast, though! Hopefully no news IS good news, but just remember, no situation ever improved by worrying about it. Just take one day at a time, and come here whenever you need a good stiff dose of sympathy! Someone is always around to administer a big cyber hug!
Hugs,