me and my symptoms

[Prettymomma]

ok I will list my symptoms starting with
Optic Neuritis- last summer
no I have blurred vision occasionally and double vision as well
unbelievable fatigue-really, its awful
red splotches on my skin in my lower leg and when you touch them its painful lumps-these come and go and usually are present before I get a flare up of whatever this is.
When I am in a flare up the fatigue is even worse and the pain in my legs and feet is sooooo bad that I cant walk and have to crawl if the pain is not as severe I can get around with a walker.
Now I am waking up to the same pain in my right hand its excruciating (the hand pain just started this past week usually it would just be numb and tingly)
I have bladder retention and usually dont pee write away when I go to the bathroom it takes a good 30 seconds.
I get headaches often and I used to not be a headache person.
I do see a neurologist and they have also referred me to a rheumatologist.
They think its MS one week and then definitely think its not MS the next week. I am confused and sick and sooooo over it.

[Nancy T]

Hi Prettymomma, sorry you have all the achiness and other problems, not to mention the difficulty getting a diagnosis.

I am glad you have been mentioning these lumps, because Quix's guess of erythema nodosum seems to fit reasonably well with the similar lumps that I have in my calves.

I haven't noticed a correlation between the lumps (of which I have only two or three) and when my achiness gets better and worse.

I sure hope your doctors get things figured out soon. Sounds like you have a lot of pain. Good luck!!

Nancy

[Prettymomma]

yes that is exactly what it is! Im reading up on it now. My confusion comes with the fact thats these lumps occur at the same time I get really sick. which is now. Its like havin the flu with all the aches plus the pain is so bad I cant walk

[Quixotic1]

I'd like to answer this later, but I have a question.  Your painful lumps on your legs sound like Erythema nodosum.  Here are some pics of EN:

http://images.google.com/images?q=photo+erythema+nodosum&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&oe=utf8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=y4dvS_q4N5GSsgPs0qDgBA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CCAQsAQwAw

If this doesn't work just google

erythema nodosum

and check out the sites with pictures.

Quix