emmaengland
Member
Hello Everyone.
I'm a new member but have been following this site for weeks after a bout of scary symptoms and have all of you to thank for the semblance of sanity I now have. This is a great website for those of us that Google our symptoms. Thank you.
I'm Emma from England and I'm a 29 year old English teacher.
I suppose I'm posting now for an extra boost now that I'm waiting for an MRI scan, but I also thought it would help others to know what my neuro told me yesterday, which was "I'm really glad you're twitching". (!)
My symptoms started with tingling in my right hand and foot and twitching in my left eyelid, which lasted 2 weeks. After that came the twitching all over, the ALS websites and 'perceived' weakness in my right arm and leg. Not weak so that I couldn't do stuff, but annoying and worrying. Some days worse than others.
It's taken over 2 months to get a neuro appointment (typical England) and during that time this website has been my first port of call whenever the fear sets in. So thank you everyone.
I have a week to wait for my MRI as the neuro is openly concerned about MS (I am openly petrified). But what I hope to god will save me form that diagnosis is the twitches. He said that they are NEVER a symptom of MS although do exist in an entirely benign form and can be stress/anxiety related. (I pretended I didn't know this already and thanked him profusely).
So I hope this morsel of information helps some people, and hope that I can be a helpful member of this website and not have to feck off to a miserable MS one!
BTW: LisaLM if you ever read this - I almost kissed the screen when I read your postings. I also had the coxsackie virus prior to all of this. I got it pretty bad and had to have a chest x-ray to rule out anything nastier. It was when I was waiting for the results that all this started. Our stories are really similar. Thank you for posting yours.
I'm a new member but have been following this site for weeks after a bout of scary symptoms and have all of you to thank for the semblance of sanity I now have. This is a great website for those of us that Google our symptoms. Thank you.
I'm Emma from England and I'm a 29 year old English teacher.
I suppose I'm posting now for an extra boost now that I'm waiting for an MRI scan, but I also thought it would help others to know what my neuro told me yesterday, which was "I'm really glad you're twitching". (!)
My symptoms started with tingling in my right hand and foot and twitching in my left eyelid, which lasted 2 weeks. After that came the twitching all over, the ALS websites and 'perceived' weakness in my right arm and leg. Not weak so that I couldn't do stuff, but annoying and worrying. Some days worse than others.
It's taken over 2 months to get a neuro appointment (typical England) and during that time this website has been my first port of call whenever the fear sets in. So thank you everyone.
I have a week to wait for my MRI as the neuro is openly concerned about MS (I am openly petrified). But what I hope to god will save me form that diagnosis is the twitches. He said that they are NEVER a symptom of MS although do exist in an entirely benign form and can be stress/anxiety related. (I pretended I didn't know this already and thanked him profusely).
So I hope this morsel of information helps some people, and hope that I can be a helpful member of this website and not have to feck off to a miserable MS one!
BTW: LisaLM if you ever read this - I almost kissed the screen when I read your postings. I also had the coxsackie virus prior to all of this. I got it pretty bad and had to have a chest x-ray to rule out anything nastier. It was when I was waiting for the results that all this started. Our stories are really similar. Thank you for posting yours.