Casdone
10-09-21, 05:42
I have been using this forum to try and alleviate my heath anxiety for a few weeks so I thought I would post my story.
I guess this story probably starts about 2 1/2 years ago. Up until then I was living a fairly normal life. Married, 2 kids, homeowner, a dog - you get the drift. Then one day out of the blue my wife was diagnosed with cancer. We were fairly quick to get onto it, she had surgery, radiation etc and we hoped it was all behind us. We then got the dreaded news that it had not only come back, but it had spread and it was terminal. After a fight she passed away about a year ago. As you can imagine my world was turned upside down. I could barely look after myself for the first 6 months let along 2 young kids that were grieving for their mum.
I slowly eased back into this new normal that had been thrust upon us, but then about 2 months ago I got this tingling sensation in my face. I had been under a heap of stress so initially I put it down to that, but 4 days later it was still there so I went to the Dr. He said it was most likely due to stress and anxiety and asked me if I wanted to go onto ADs. I didn't think I needed them at that stage. Then a week or so later I started to get tingling etc in my hands and legs. At that point I got quite worried so made an appointment with Dr Google (not sure where that guy got his medical degree from). Of course he diagnosed me straight away with MS, ALS you name it. In a panic I went back to my real Dr who gave me the basic neuro test that I passed and said he was fairly confident it was just anxiety etc but he would refer me to a neurologist if I really wanted him to. At that point I took the offer of the referral and the ADs as I needed something to calm me down.
The tingling etc in my face and arms etc comes and goes so I can accept they are most probably anxiety related. But my legs have had the strange sensations now for the last 2 months now including a burning feeling down the front of my thighs. I feel the right one is weaker than the left leg. I saw a physiotherapist and she initially said it was probably a trapped nerve but as there was no improvement I was sent for an x-ray. The x-ray showed grade 1 - 2 Spondylolisthesis at L5 and S1. Basically the disc is ground down to nothing also.
I should point out that other than some dull lumbar pain I haven't really had any other symptoms other than the neurological ones. The physio has now referred me for an MRI but made the comment that she wouldn't expect the tingling / burning sensations to be present unless the Spondo was grade 3+. Now after a further consultation with Dr Google I am back on the MS track again. I had never really worried about my health up until now but I think with the loss of my wife and now being a single dad I am well and truly down the in the mire. Sorry if this rant went on for too long..
I guess this story probably starts about 2 1/2 years ago. Up until then I was living a fairly normal life. Married, 2 kids, homeowner, a dog - you get the drift. Then one day out of the blue my wife was diagnosed with cancer. We were fairly quick to get onto it, she had surgery, radiation etc and we hoped it was all behind us. We then got the dreaded news that it had not only come back, but it had spread and it was terminal. After a fight she passed away about a year ago. As you can imagine my world was turned upside down. I could barely look after myself for the first 6 months let along 2 young kids that were grieving for their mum.
I slowly eased back into this new normal that had been thrust upon us, but then about 2 months ago I got this tingling sensation in my face. I had been under a heap of stress so initially I put it down to that, but 4 days later it was still there so I went to the Dr. He said it was most likely due to stress and anxiety and asked me if I wanted to go onto ADs. I didn't think I needed them at that stage. Then a week or so later I started to get tingling etc in my hands and legs. At that point I got quite worried so made an appointment with Dr Google (not sure where that guy got his medical degree from). Of course he diagnosed me straight away with MS, ALS you name it. In a panic I went back to my real Dr who gave me the basic neuro test that I passed and said he was fairly confident it was just anxiety etc but he would refer me to a neurologist if I really wanted him to. At that point I took the offer of the referral and the ADs as I needed something to calm me down.
The tingling etc in my face and arms etc comes and goes so I can accept they are most probably anxiety related. But my legs have had the strange sensations now for the last 2 months now including a burning feeling down the front of my thighs. I feel the right one is weaker than the left leg. I saw a physiotherapist and she initially said it was probably a trapped nerve but as there was no improvement I was sent for an x-ray. The x-ray showed grade 1 - 2 Spondylolisthesis at L5 and S1. Basically the disc is ground down to nothing also.
I should point out that other than some dull lumbar pain I haven't really had any other symptoms other than the neurological ones. The physio has now referred me for an MRI but made the comment that she wouldn't expect the tingling / burning sensations to be present unless the Spondo was grade 3+. Now after a further consultation with Dr Google I am back on the MS track again. I had never really worried about my health up until now but I think with the loss of my wife and now being a single dad I am well and truly down the in the mire. Sorry if this rant went on for too long..