Hi Jerry and Welcome to Neurotalk..

Well let's see what Dr. Sally says.. Your pain sounds more like Fibro than MS, but what do I know.

You talk about your eyesight worsening. Have you seen an Neuro/Optho to check for ON? ON can be a sx of MS, among other things.

Let your Neuro do his thing (testing for MS) and soon you may have answers.

I hope you don't have MS. TN is enough with which to deal.

I've been trying, but I lost my job due to illness while the docs where trying different meds and were unable to find anything that worked. Now I have no income and no insurance and no doc will even look at me. I am trying to get help through the government but they say I am not disabled even though my regular family doctor says I am. I am seeing a lawyer tomorrow to fight my denial, but now of course the lawyer will get a large chunk of the money that I could really use to pay off my bills and possibly move to a more suitable climate. I am in Ohio and the winters are very bad for me, and the summers are very humid which is also bad for me. I feel like I am stuck in a vicious painful circle and now need to give much of what I would have got to an attorney to get me out of it.

Jerry

I'm sorry Jerry...Be strong...answers will come one way or another. Just wanted to welcome you here and offer you a hug If you hang around long enough, you'll find that there are others here in your shoes and you may get some great advice from those who have walked in your shoes. Take care.

Thanks greenjeans,

I'm seeing a SS attorney tomorrow. I filled out what seemed like three novels of paperwork for her and I have everything waiting at the door. The good thing (trying to see silver lining) is that I am in the middle of an attack so when I see the attorney I will be 100% miserable and in pain so she can see exactly how I feel. The pain is so bad my eyes tear up and she will get a front row seat to see what I am going through.

Jerry

Good luck with the attorney, Jerry. I hope you win your case.

I was dx'd with C spine issues and a syrinx ( a cust in the T spine) while testing for ms - still in limbo with that. My neuro also suggested fibro, but I don't think so.

I do not have tn that I know of - not dx'd with it - but I do have those stabbing pains like you describe, sometimes. Hard to say what that comes from in my case with all I have going on.

If my neuro had not been looking outside the box and MRI'd my entire spine, all I would know was there are lesions on my brain, and I'd never have known about the spine issues. And that happens too often with possible ms cases, IMHO.

I hope you win your case, get some ins, and get further testing so you know what's going on.

for now, I'm sure the limbo folks - and all the good people here - will try to help you out.

Good luck.