Hi Carol!!

I still have twelve more days before my first appointment with the
neurologist. I've been keeping a diary of my symptoms every single
day. I am so fearful she's going to say what all the rest have
said, "Peri-menopause" or "psychological". I guess I shouldn't
anticipate that, but it has happened so many times that I've come to
expect it. If I hadn't waited til I was 44 to try to start getting a
diagnosis, the question of peri-menopause wouldn't have come up.
It's hard convincing them that most of my symptoms have been going on
for decades, but I didn't go to doctors when I was young, and I also
didn't have insurance. Well, I will just make the best of it and
hope she is more understanding, and actually finds something. It is
the pain and fatigue that is the worst, but then the
weird "sensations" are definitely something in my CNS, I am
convinced. It would be nice if they just determined it is B12
deficiency, which is likely because it mimics MS and I am a
vegetarian (not vegan, though). So, we will see!

In the meantime, do you know what medication your doctor is giving
you?

Stay in touch!!

K2

to go a head and put me on treatment for MS.
> She's not sure which one yet. She is so sure that it is MS that
she
> feels like this is our last option for me to get any better. I'm a
> little bit scared to start the meds because I've heard that it can
> cause harm to you if you don't have MS. My doctor assured me that
if
> she thought I was in any danger that she would not try it. Wish me
> luck, I should be starting in the next couple of weeks.
>
> Write me back as soon as you can so I can catch up on you all.
>
> Friends,
>
> Carol
>