[junglequeen]

hello every one Im Anna aka junglequeen. I have not yet been diagnosed with MS but as a now medically retired Registered nurse I think that this is a strong possibility with my symptomology. Having trouble finding a MS specialist that I think would be able to either diagnose me or rule out MS. I am currently filing for disability under Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I'm scared and know if I don't find the right doctor soon I will be in a wheel chair or bedbound by next year. My short term memory is shot. I only know that it is August and mostly remember that it is 2012. I'm 34 with young kids, and I can barely take care of them. I live in Alabama and really need help finding a great MS specialist.

If any one knows of one then Please tell me!!!!!! I am running out of time. I have web searched and have a few that I'm interested in seeing but I want to know more about them from a patients point of view. I don't care about bedside manner, I just want someone who is knnowiegable. I have had a few MRIs of my brain and show no plaques as of yet, but from my research that is not a definative test. The neuros I have seen so far get hung up on my medications, and I can't get through to them that I have been on the same medicine for about 2 years now and been high functioning on them. I cycle through good times and bad. In March I started getting much worse and am continuing a constant decline in functionalability. My Primary is trying but the MRIs are neg. so he won't diagnose me with MS although my symptoms fit.

I am discouraged, I feel like I am a burden on my family even though my husband reassures me i am not. I have so much pain that I struggle with everyday. I joined this site to have others who understand what I am going through and hopefully find someone who knows of a doctor who may help me.