New To Ths Group

Anonymous
August 18, 2008 at 11:23 pm

HI MY NAME IS CHERYL, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I’VE BEEN TO THIS WEB SITE :), WHAT BROUGHT ME TO THIS IS A LONG STORY IN FEB 08, I RECEIVED A TB SHOT AND A FLU VACCINE IN DEC 07, IN FEB 08, I STARTED WITH NUMBNESS ON MY BACKSIDE, THEN IT WENT DOWN MY LEFT LEG AND THE BOTTOM OF MY FOOT, MY DR THOUGHT THAT I HAD A RUPTURED (sp) DISK, SENT ME FOR AN MRI AND IT WAS NEGATIVE, THEN THE PAIN INCREASED AND THE NUMBNESS WENT DOWN MY RIGHT LEG AND INTO THE BOTTOM OF MY RIGHT FOOT, I’M WALKING WITH FORE ARM CRUTCHES, I WAS TOLD BY MY A NEUROLOGIST THAT IT WAS DEPRESSION AND I WAS PUT ON MEDICATION, I WAS IN SUCH PAIN THAT I NOW TAKE VICODAN AND I AM ON A PAIN PATCH AS WELL, I HAD AN EMG IN MAY AND WAS TOLD THAT IT MIGHT BE GBS BUT IT WAS NEVER CONFIRMED I HAD ANOTHER EMG LAST WEEK AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A SPINAL TAP, THAT IT WASN’T DEPRESSION ( I COULD OF TOLD THE DR THAT). THE NEW DR TOLD ME THAT IS THEIR WAS PROTEIN IN MY SPINAL FLUID THAT IT IS GBS AND IF NOT THAT I WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT HE WOULD TALK TO ME ABOUT LATER, BUT LETS GET THE SPINAL TAP DONE FIRST, I GOT FOR THAT TOMORROW, I AM VERY SCARED, I JUST HIT MY 5 YEAR BATTLE WITH BREAST CANCER AND MY HUSBAND HAS A FORM OF ALS. DOES THIS SOUND LIKE GBS TO ANYONE OR CIPD, I HAVE DONE SO MUCH RESEARCH THAT MY HEAD IS SPINNING AND I’M DRIVING MYSELF CRAZY, I’M NOT EVEN SURE IF I’M ON THE RIGHT PAGE TO WRITE THIS EMAIL. IF SOMEONE WASNT TO ANSWER ME THAT WOULD BE GREAT, AND IF THIS IS THE WRONG PLACE TO WRITE THIS EMAIL COULD YOU LET ME KNOW THAT ALSO. THANKS FOR READING MY CONFUSING EMAIL,
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE, CHERYL