Re: Clinical loss of left sided sensation and feeling scared
I went back to my GP again to see if I could get more answers, and by my GP I mean a locum one because I can never get an appointment with my usual one. I'm still completely in the dark, and pretty frustrated. II know there's something going on with me, and I'm aware it's complex but I can't stand when a GP tries to railroad me into a diagnosis that doesn't fit.
When I described going numb in my left side, my head filling up with pressure but not pain, and dizziness, they interpreted all of that as physical pain. I insisted it wasn't painful, that it was a loss of feeling, then weakness, but they just didn't want to engage with that. Instead they continued to suggest pain management. It was only when I repeated it a third time, did they actually listen and told me to wait for the neurologist. This GP was very nice and seemed to care, but it was like talking to a wall.
They also had a look at my neck MRI, and had yet another interpretation of it. The first specialists report said moderate stenosis in three vertebrae which would account for some of my symptoms, the second specialist said lesions in cervical scan unlikely to cause my symptoms at all, but that there was definite damage to nerve exits, and signs of narrowing, and now this doctor said I had very early signs of degeneration but nothing too concerning right now. I have no idea who I'm supposed to believe.
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