Basically useless to me
26 Jan 2010 Leave a Comment
So instead of writing out the entire story again, I am going to post my response to my grandparents email about my doctors appointment yesterday. It’s just easier this way haha.
Hey guys,
Basically he told me everything I already knew from when I got released. He didn’t seem to want to hear about anything else I wanted to ask about. I’m still not allowed on any kind of birth control, I will be continuing to take an aspirin every day to ward off another stroke, and I am on the migraine preventative again since it has worked really well so far. I am seriously considering it could be Lupus, check more info here, even though the one major test they did came back negative. This test is called an ANA test where they check if I have any autoimmune diseases like Lupus, and with this test if you test positive you are MORE likely to have Lupus, if you tests negative you are more likely to NOT have Lupus, but you can still have the disease even with a negative result from the ANA test.
Ever since my friend Missy suggested this it has been high on my list of possibilities, especially since she has Lupus herself and keeps telling me that all of the symptoms I have she has, or had when she was first diagnosed. So I will be getting a referral to a rheumatologist from my regular doctor. A rheumatologist will be able to do other tests and confirm once and for all if I have this disease or not.
Other than that, the neurologist has ordered another MRI of my neck and shoulders just to make sure there is no blockage of the arteries since I am still having numbness and tingling on my right side, and also since occasionally my left hand goes numb as well. I don’t have those scheduled yet but am waiting for a call about them.
I think that is all that went down with that appointment yesterday. I will be seeing my regular doctor, Dr. Isaac, next Tuesday (Feb,2) to ask him about everything that is going on and to get a referral. I’m hoping that soon I will find out what exactly is wrong with me because I just want to be able to have some sort of control over this instead of just leaving it to run at it’s own pace.
So that’s basically all I can tell you right now since I don’t really have an new information. I will let you guys know what happens next Monday at that doctors appointment.
Later days!
Amy
