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angsize68
Data Quality: 0 stars
MS: 6 yrs
Sensation: Moderate
Overall: Mild
Cognition: moderate
Vision: moderate
Speech: mild
Swallowing: none
Upper limb: mild
Walking: moderate
angsize68
Age: ?
Primary Condition
MS
First symptom
Diagnosis

About angsize68

october 2006 i got very ill was diagnosed with mono. i could not get better then in feb 2007 i started falliing down. in april i was totaly bedridden/could not get up if i fell i could not get myself up. my family dr sent me for a mri it came back positive for ms He put me on Betaseron and i started getting better right away. he also sent me to a nuerologist who tested me for MG/myasthenia gravis which i tested positive for that too. so i have both but because i tested positive for the MG they ruled out the MS its been a night mare for 2 yrs. I live day to day. i am now back on the betaseron.

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the experience i have learned is you need a nuerologist who understands and deals with MS otherwise they can make you very ill. the first nuero i saw almost killed me due to not reading his palm po;ot correctly, that should have told me something right there that he was diagnosing me through the internet. i am in the process of changing nuerologists because the one i had only is a specialist for myasthenia gravis and does not treat both. which is unbelievalbe to me.

my MS is more prevalent then the MG but heat makes me feel like jello a few minutes out in 80 degree weather and i am done for the day.

at one point i ws in a wheel chair and could not dress myself or bath myself it was terrible if it wasnt for my 15 yr old daughter i dont know what i would do.  its very hard for her our whole lifestyle has changed. i can no longer work because i dont drive, when i have flare ups i can barely get out of bed. 

i am 39 years old. and this has been very hard on us. i am a single mother and they say stress is a big part of it but out government doesnt think tht/ p had a state job i made good money we have sold everything and we are living in a rental assisted 2 bed apartment, sold my truck. its been very hard and i am still fighting lawyers to get my ssd i have paid my credits in and i should not have had  to wait like this with a child to take care of we live off of 257 a month and food stamps that is not fair and if i make $1 more i have to pay $60 for my medical its just not fair. meds i am currently on are betaseron,xanax,oxycodone,ambian,imatrex, effexor, prevacid and musinex.