My First MRI: Rough Day

[sherlockholmesz2]

Tonight I had my very first mri to rule out ms. It was daunting but not too bad. I've been a basket case since reading a "certain new post" yesterday and with the mri and all it's been a rough day. I keep telling myself that

1) my GP would have picked up on anything during all my recent visits.
2) the neuro PA wouldn't have left the decision for further testing up to ME if she'd suspected anything.
3) my symptoms come and go, which isn't consistent with anything bad.
4) my symptoms have decreased since starting zoloft, which is consistent with anxiety.

I hope I can keep cool till my emg on October 7.

 

[tearsneverfall]

I am one of the worst worriers on this site and I don't believe a word of that post!!!!

I think it is someone that is upset with Alonzo and ticked off and did it for mean kicks. I truly do believe that!!

If you will notice 'unlucky' makes it a point to go through the list of all the things we all experience that are inconsistent with ALS according to all of our neuros, studies and even many normal EMG's

Am I completey convinced I am 100% fine? No? Will I come back and freak out over my symptoms many times over in the future? probably but I do not believe the post is valid at all. I found it fishy from the get go!!!

Don't worry about that post! You are fine. I've had three normal MRI's and one normal EMG on one leg and I twitch, ache and pain and sting and tingle.........................

I know the anxiety sucks believe me. I am still suffering from it even after I have been told I have a normal EMG and you will get through this.

Take care and breathe!!!!!!!

Karen

 

[Selena647]

I agree with Karen. I too have done, and still do, my share of worring and my gut instint when I read "that" post was that it was fake. I have a feeling it was posted by someone who recently got upset about the whole lyme disease and antibiotics thing. Remember, he told us to "suffer" and left the board. That's just my hunch. I haven't given that post a second thought and you shouldn't either! It goes againt everything all of us have heard from our doctors.

I totally understand the anxiety while waiting for a test to be done. Just think though how good your gonna feel when it's all over and your told it's A-OK !

Try to relax...as you stated yourself. Your GP and the neuro PA didn't find anything. That's GREAT news !!!

Barb

 

[sherlockholmesz2]

Well, it's 6:39 am Saturday morning and I'm wide awake, which is nearly unheard of for me on a Saturday. I fell asleep watching the late news and woke up to Letterman about 1:30. I again woke up at about 5:30 after having a very vivid dream that I think was spurred by the mri last night. I won't go into the details of the dream because it was just that -- a dream. It wasn't reality. So I'm sitting here with a hot cup of camomile, about to take my daily zoloft, and trying to calm myself.

Something very positive occurred to me while walking the dogs this morning. My perceived weakness set in very suddenly back in the summer, June to be more precise. It hasn't gotten any worse. In fact, since being on the zoloft I'd say it's gotten a bit better (better = less). This tells me that it's most probably anxiety related. Just last night after my mri, I stopped at the grocery store and I was able to lift my 8-pack of Gatorade and my other grocery bags. I *think* I've noticed a correlation between my perceived weakness and my state of anxiety -- they seem to go hand in hand.

Please tell me this is anxiety talking and nothing more.