Helimx
"Dutch Rudder Master"
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So I'm not usually the type of guy to come onto a website and complain about "real life".... but I guess I need to vent a bit.....
So about a week ago my fiance woke up at 3 in the morning. She was moaning and I woke up. She said she was having chest pains, and couldn't sleep. I jumped up outta bed, and flipped on the light. She kinda looked at me with a confused look for a few seconds and BAM, eyes WIDE open, and dialated. she was having a seizure or something.... that lasted for about 3 or 4 minutes. I called 911, and the ambulance came and took her to the E.R.
well, the E.R. doctors weren't able to tell us much. they did a ton of tests, one of which was a cat scan. they told us that they saw an "abnormality" on her brain and we were referred to a neurologist. They sent us home, and told us if she had another "episode" to call 911 again.
She then had an MRI done the next day. So we were just waiting for the restults.
the next morning she calls me at work and says that she thinks she's gonna have another episode... I haul ass home to find her on the bedroom floor. she's ok, but can't stand up on her own and feels like shit.
I take her to the E.R. again...... Now I'm pissed and want some damn answers b4 I take her home again.
basically, the neurologist agreed to rush the MRI. we went to his office and got the bad news.... :thumpdown:
she has 45 spots on her brain, most are small, but one is over the size of a quarter..... they can see spots on her brain stem on the first MRI, so they order 2 more MRI's the next day. (waiting on those results still). He tells us it has all the signs of Multiple Sclerosis. But he needs to do a spinal tap to confirm it.
the neurologist is being pretty vague about it because I guess M.S. is incorrectly, and overly diagnosed quite often.
she's a mess about all of this. she can't work, for now at least. and she can't drive for 6 months. (because of the "seizure") , but at least she's trying to stay positive about it.
So the time that is supposed to be the happiest times of our lives just had a major detour. We are getting married in june, and just got into our new house, so this whole situation is really bad timing. not that it's ever good timing.
she's already having to take a million tests. and is on steroid infusions 3 times a week for now. and to top it all off, I am out in the middle of nowhere working now. We discussed it a LOT b4 i left, and we decided that we can't stop living our normal life because of this whole situation. but it's frickin hard being out here.........
like i said, I guess I just need to vent a little. not looking for sympathy AT ALL.
just maybe some advice if you have, or know someone who has M.S.
I never knew that most ppl with MS get it so young. and it's 3 to 1 women to men.
We are both buddhists, and realize that suffering is part of who we are, but honestly, I want to be selfish and make it stop now. :frown::frown::frown:
So about a week ago my fiance woke up at 3 in the morning. She was moaning and I woke up. She said she was having chest pains, and couldn't sleep. I jumped up outta bed, and flipped on the light. She kinda looked at me with a confused look for a few seconds and BAM, eyes WIDE open, and dialated. she was having a seizure or something.... that lasted for about 3 or 4 minutes. I called 911, and the ambulance came and took her to the E.R.
well, the E.R. doctors weren't able to tell us much. they did a ton of tests, one of which was a cat scan. they told us that they saw an "abnormality" on her brain and we were referred to a neurologist. They sent us home, and told us if she had another "episode" to call 911 again.
She then had an MRI done the next day. So we were just waiting for the restults.
the next morning she calls me at work and says that she thinks she's gonna have another episode... I haul ass home to find her on the bedroom floor. she's ok, but can't stand up on her own and feels like shit.
I take her to the E.R. again...... Now I'm pissed and want some damn answers b4 I take her home again.
basically, the neurologist agreed to rush the MRI. we went to his office and got the bad news.... :thumpdown:
she has 45 spots on her brain, most are small, but one is over the size of a quarter..... they can see spots on her brain stem on the first MRI, so they order 2 more MRI's the next day. (waiting on those results still). He tells us it has all the signs of Multiple Sclerosis. But he needs to do a spinal tap to confirm it.
the neurologist is being pretty vague about it because I guess M.S. is incorrectly, and overly diagnosed quite often.
she's a mess about all of this. she can't work, for now at least. and she can't drive for 6 months. (because of the "seizure") , but at least she's trying to stay positive about it.
So the time that is supposed to be the happiest times of our lives just had a major detour. We are getting married in june, and just got into our new house, so this whole situation is really bad timing. not that it's ever good timing.
she's already having to take a million tests. and is on steroid infusions 3 times a week for now. and to top it all off, I am out in the middle of nowhere working now. We discussed it a LOT b4 i left, and we decided that we can't stop living our normal life because of this whole situation. but it's frickin hard being out here.........
like i said, I guess I just need to vent a little. not looking for sympathy AT ALL.
just maybe some advice if you have, or know someone who has M.S.
I never knew that most ppl with MS get it so young. and it's 3 to 1 women to men.
We are both buddhists, and realize that suffering is part of who we are, but honestly, I want to be selfish and make it stop now. :frown::frown::frown:
