Three weeks ago today this all started. It started with a little bit of numbness and tingling on my right hand. I thought maybe I'd slept wrong on my arm, but by the end of the day the whole right arm was numb. Odd.
The next morning as I was showering, I noticed my right underarm and my right side was a little numb. Huh. Even more odd. But by the end of that day, my stomach, right breast, right side upper and lower back, arm and hand were all numb. So I called the doctor and he said go straight to the emergency room, which I did. They did a CT scan to make sure I wasn't having a stroke. No stroke thank God. After hanging out there for a couple of hours they sent me home and told me to follow up with my doctor the next day. By the time I visited my doctor the next afternoon, my upper right leg was numb. By that night, my whole leg and foot were numb.
Next stop, neurologist. They did a test on my nerves to make sure they were working properly. They were. Next off for a spinal/cervical MRI. That showed inflammation on my spine, so they put me on Prednisone, then set me up for a brain MRI and spinal tap. The brain MRI was this past Friday, and I don't have the results yet. On Saturday I woke up to numbness on my left side leg, foot, stomach, back and hand. Along with already being numb still on the right (prednisone not helping), now I feel like I don't have much of a body left. I called the neurologist who increased the prednisone.
Today is my lucky day. I get to go have the spinal tap done. Yippee.
So, I've been out of work for almost three weeks because I can't do my job with no feeling in my hands. Some days I have trouble walking, again because I don't have much feeling in my legs. And I'm miserable and cranky. I go through stages of anger, bitterness, resentfulness. Then other times I'm just happy to be alive to be with my family.
I just want an answer. What is wrong with me? When will it be "fixed"? I don't think that is too much to ask, do you?
The next morning as I was showering, I noticed my right underarm and my right side was a little numb. Huh. Even more odd. But by the end of that day, my stomach, right breast, right side upper and lower back, arm and hand were all numb. So I called the doctor and he said go straight to the emergency room, which I did. They did a CT scan to make sure I wasn't having a stroke. No stroke thank God. After hanging out there for a couple of hours they sent me home and told me to follow up with my doctor the next day. By the time I visited my doctor the next afternoon, my upper right leg was numb. By that night, my whole leg and foot were numb.
Next stop, neurologist. They did a test on my nerves to make sure they were working properly. They were. Next off for a spinal/cervical MRI. That showed inflammation on my spine, so they put me on Prednisone, then set me up for a brain MRI and spinal tap. The brain MRI was this past Friday, and I don't have the results yet. On Saturday I woke up to numbness on my left side leg, foot, stomach, back and hand. Along with already being numb still on the right (prednisone not helping), now I feel like I don't have much of a body left. I called the neurologist who increased the prednisone.
Today is my lucky day. I get to go have the spinal tap done. Yippee.
So, I've been out of work for almost three weeks because I can't do my job with no feeling in my hands. Some days I have trouble walking, again because I don't have much feeling in my legs. And I'm miserable and cranky. I go through stages of anger, bitterness, resentfulness. Then other times I'm just happy to be alive to be with my family.
I just want an answer. What is wrong with me? When will it be "fixed"? I don't think that is too much to ask, do you?