[mac001]

Hi guy since last February 2008 i been experiencing strange symptoms all over my body such as needle pricking where my arm or leg would jump after the prick, cold felling in spots pricking in right eye, buzzing/vibration in left leg leg in one spot no bigger than quarter coin.

Some times when i walk i would fell like some body would pool me or would get slight light headed for 1 second specially after work, but every day i would get small cold felling on my face specially after work i also head twitching all over body. What is my job well i am machinist at the granite shop and i do lift heavy granite or stone, i would say i lift more weight in 1 day than some people in their entire week.
I been hawing right calf muscle strange felling, like tightens its just slight with discomfort not pain but. Discomfort comes and goes it can be there every day for a week and then its gone for 2 weeks it comes in the morning and its gone by after noon after some calf stretching ( doctor did ultra sound on both legs from top to bottom and they could not find anything wrong). I also have numbness in my right toe just at edge of it. Its been there for a about 2 months it does get better but its always there i only fell it if i touch it. I do have anxiety problem and i do over thing and over analyze. I did see a neurologist about this i told him about all my symptoms except the leg and toe since i did not have that problem i wrote all of it down but he give me standard nuro office test and told me all is fine. I asked him if this can be anything big and that might bite me in the future he told me no. After seeing him all my symptoms suddenly stooped in a week from twitching to pinching except cold felling in spots now and then only my face. I even thought that i might have std and HIV since hiv can cause peripheral neuropathy all come back negative. I seen about 4 family doctors and they all told me that nothing is wrong with me this was before the leg and toe problem. Last week i went to walk in clinic because of stomach discomfort and they did blood test and i have a virus that we all have but my become active and its located in a stomach and now they proscribe me something called H.P pac doc told me to take it for a week and come back can this cause my symptoms. its almost if i don't think about it does its not there. except the leg and toe problem. Right now my only problem is the calf muscle and toe. Can this be MS. I am going to see my family doctor i got 1 after 2 year of looking and tell him all my problem i am just afraid that he might look at me like other family doctors like i am crazy. I did see emergency room doc 2 times and he was the only 1 who was nice and straight to the point 1 time i come regarding the all the symptoms not leg and toe and he check me out and told me nothing is wrong with me second time i was panicking so i went again and i asked him could this me ms, als he me max you look fine to me i treated over 3000 patients and if you come to me with limp arm or slow/slurred speech the i would worry.After 4 months of not worrying i am starting to worry again and it can get bad should i pursue this.

Thanks for your help.
Sorry about my spelling and grammar.

[dmplaura]

Have you spoken to your doctor about the possibility of an MRI?

This is, in a lot of cases, the first 'step' to finding out what the neurological issue at hand may be.

It does sound like you need to see a neurologist in any event (unsure what part of the globe you're in).

[mac001]

Thanks for the reply i did see the neurologist in April 24 and after checking me he told me he cant find nothing wrong with me. I did not gt any mri or scans which i was expecting. Oh and i live in Canada, Ontario

Thanks for the reply

[weegot5kiz]

Maybe time for a second opinion, you may want to think about a second neuro's opinion to be double sure its "nothing", I hope you get to feeling better real soon

[NurseNancy]

hello and welcome to NT.
i can't say whether your sx's (symptoms) are MS or not.

but what's important is that you know something is wrong.
that means you're your own best advocate.
i would keep talking to your drs. sometimes MS takes some time to be dx'd (diagnosed).

try to keep a brief journal of your sx's. write the date and the sx. keep it simple. that creates a timeline of what's happening to your body. in the future it might prove helpful to one of your drs.

good luck. looking forward to more of your posts.
oh...ps...try to break up your text into paragraphs. it's just easier for some of us to read.

[dmplaura]

Originally Posted by mac001

Thanks for the reply i did see the neurologist in April 24 and after checking me he told me he cant find nothing wrong with me. I did not gt any mri or scans which i was expecting. Oh and i live in Canada, Ontario

Thanks for the reply

Reason I asked was, I had a suspicion you were in Canada somewhere, because sadly, this is all too common from Canadians . It's similar to what I experienced.

Basically my first neuro brushed me off and refused an MRI. It was finally my ENT (ear nose throat) doc who sent me for the MRI, which lead to a competent neurologist, and diagnosis.

Unfortunately for us Canadians, since MRI is covered by Medicare, it's almost like doctors and neurologists try to avoid this crucial test unless they're absolutely convinced. The wait for MRI can be quite lengthy as well (I was told up to 3 months).

Bottom line. You NEED the MRI done. You need to fight for one, and be proactive in this. I'm sorry to hear you're going through this experience .

[mac001]

hm i i will go to my family doc and ask for mri and even thought i am canadian i was not born in Canada, i am was born in Bosnia

[Niko]

Hi Mac,

It's important to find out what is causing the problem. It's also very important to have a doctor that will work with to find the cause.

I believe that is key that a patient and doctor work together as a team to find an answer.
If you have a doctor that isn't giving you the care that you believe you should get. It's time to find another.

I wish you well and hope that your search for an answer won't be a long one.

Niko

[dmplaura]

Originally Posted by mac001

hm i i will go to my family doc and ask for mri and even thought i am canadian i was not born in Canada, i am was born in Bosnia

Oh I just mean the Canadian medical system in general. Born in Bosnia huh? How do you like Canada?