Okay, so I rarely post here or anywhere but here is an update. For those of you who haven't heard... I've been having some facial numbness/tingling like novacaine feeling for about 2 years or more. Initially it was attributed to stress and I took the fun stress class. Well, the classes didn't help with the symptoms but I never went back. Well, then a month or two ago I had some chest pains and got to spend a few hours in the ER. It was nothing so no worries. It did make me talk to my doctor about the numbness issue and the fact that it spread to my arms and is now hitting my legs. My doctor had me take Xanax for a weekend to see if it would "reset" my brain or not. It didn't. All I did that weekend was sleep and fall down a lot. Xanax makes my legs not work correctly but the numb thing did not go away. So --- off to the neurologist. I "passed" the initial exam but he did an MRI anyway. My primary care doc and the ER doc thought that MS was a probable diagnosis, the neurologist didn't. Well, I passed the MRI. There was one small white spot on my brain but that is NOT, emphais on NOT, indicative of MS or tumor. I am somewhat relieved at that news. Why only somewhat? Well, MS was the likely choice and would explain so many symptoms. I was hoping for an answer but we are back at square one. I am happy that it was not MS or brain tumor but am frustrated that there is still no answer. I am following up with my FP to find out where we go from here. The neurologist thinks that it may be migrane or arthritis in my neck and that I will just have to live with it since I can't take any of the preventative medications for migranes. I am WAY too sensitive to too many medications so I can take the preventative but can't function when I do.
Okay, so ........... maybe this is why I don't blog. haha Long one, huh?

Bottom line..... so far, so good.