Well, this is a turn up for the books…
After 18 months seein various different health professionals, have found support and help and someone who actually believes me in he form of a GP!
He is the principal GP at our practice, very rarely can someone see him but he just happened to have the only available appointment free today.
Long story short(ish).
I walked in, he had my records on screem and said “oh my goodness not seen you for years, all this stuff happening to you, how do you feel, do you understnd any of it?”
I didn’t have to do much talking, he says that there have been a lot of people invplved in my condition, all with different opinions, none of thm looking at the full picture. He says that as I have had various symptoms that differ from day to day, i have had 2 major episodes over a period of time, both slightly different from the other but underlying symptoms present and the out come has been differnet each time (in terms of remaining symptoms and new symptoms) he feels that their is enough evidence to strongly suggest MS. I didn’t even hint at my suspicions, he worked it all out himself.
He has now referred me to a differnet neurologist who he knows personally and has said he is going to make a fuss about this . He did say that he is not a neurologist he wouldn’t dream of diagnosing but he he does have a very strong suspicion and wants more tests as if I do have any kind of neurological disease I NEED treatment a.s.a.p. I was gobsmacked i can tell you. I thoughtI was going to have to convince him I need help but no, he had decided that before I even told the full story.
So… things maybe moving again, whatever this “thing” is it looks like i’m going to get help with it now. Whilst it kind of makes the diagnosis of MS possibly more real and maybe not what i want to hear, it does at least confirm that i’m not mad, depressed or a hypochondriach, just someone who needs support, diagnosis and treatment.
I think I want to marry him and have his babies, LOL.
So don’t give up hope folks, when you find the right person, help is there. It just takes time to find them.
I just hope this different neuro is better than my last one.
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