Please Convince My Husband And Myself That I Don't Have Ms Posted: 06-24-07 18:34pm
I took a spill in February and had vertigo
for about 2 weeks after (no idea if the
spill was truly related). When I go to
bed at night - I still feel the vertigo
sometimes and I told my husband. I am
also a crazy runner and have hip
injuries/IT band issues. I sit with my
right leg crossed over my left..all the
time. My foot feels like it is sleeping
but not pins and needles. I came home
today and my husband is sitting obsessing
that I have multiple sclerosis and has
been telling me this over and over and
over..so that now, I am worried. I think
it is ridiculous. I am about to turn 30
and graduate with my masters degree within
the next month. Can someone please
relieve my mind OR tell me I am being
stupid and go to a doctor? I had a CT scan
with the fall and they saw nothing in
February - I do yoga with no problem and
run regularly with no problem and just
completed a 1/2 marathon Memorial day
weekend.
Thank you for your help!
Gina
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joe73
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Jul 2007 Posts: 8 Location: , MI USA
Keep Up the Exercise Posted: 07-04-07 01:04am
Hi,
Congratulations on the half marathon.
That's great!
It's never fun knowing that you might be
sick. MS is a very individual disease-it
rarely looks the same in any individual,
different symptoms, different treatments
work-unfortunately we are not build like
cars (on an assembly line)--then it would
be easy to diagnose and treat people-one
size fits all. Some people have just a
mild case, then it goes away-for
good...others die quickly from a very rare
MS-like disease...most have good days and
bad and in old age stages hobble around a
bit more than non-MSers. Women seem to do
better than men and have less of the
progressive disability showing up.
Women are at risk for anemia, and runners
doubly so (all the pounding on pavement
can destroy some blood cells). Any back
problems might also cause nerves to be
pinched.
I wrote this for someone else:
People who suspect ms should get blood
tests done. Check iron, specifically b12.
Many things can mimic ms. Special diets
and drugs should be looked at too. Family
history of illness? Thyroid problems??
Migraine headaches?? (ms is more likely in
nor. Swed or danish people, particularly
scottish; if you lived with a sibling most
of your life, since age 1 or 2-it
dramatically decreases risk of ms-almost
90% less likely; also if you spent time
outdoors or in the sun before age 20, less
risk also). (both sibling and uv light
give your immune system a workout, so it
won't attack you)
newest mri test (highly detailed) can
definitively tell if you have ms-no more
guessing, so i'm told.
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joe73
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Jul 2007 Posts: 8 Location: , MI USA
Posted: 07-09-07 18:33pm
Hi,
I should clarify myself, that the newest
MRI tests can give a difinitive answer
combined with clinical features (i.e.
symptoms). You don't have to wait for one
flare-up, then wait for another episode to
get a diagnosis. The resolution of MRI
continues to get better. Soon there
should be a inexpensive blood test too
that can give an answer too. This does
not tell how things will develop over
time-that's still an uncertainty.
