New and Progressive symptoms

[shineoflight]

Hello, My name is Tia. I think I have posted before but here it goes again. I have alot of symptoms before such as tingling, buzzing, consistent twitching in my feet and legs non stop. I have gotten facial spasms and tingling etc also, it spreading into my right arm where my pinky consistently twitches. Ive noticed lately my feet have gotten worse ( my toes move uncontrollably) and they feel more heavy and buzzy and numb.  This was pretty much going on for years. Now back to two or three weeks ago. I noticed a feeling of numbness up my legs into my bowel area. Following week it started wit my muscles feeling a little sore in my legs and charlie horses. I had to stop doing physical activities. I noticed a twinge in my lower neck shoulder area but that still felt ok. This was followed my clumbsiness in my left hand, and a feeling of fatigue and soreness in my shoulder area. I tried to sluff it off. This weekend we went camping and I did some general walking and was playing with my kids when I felt an extreme fatigue in my right leg like the muscle was shaking and it was overexerted so I took it easy for the rest of the day. The next morning, I wake up and my legs hurt so dang bad I can barely walk. The muscles feel like I ran more than a marathon. My Face is spasms on the cheeks of both sideand my left eye felt heavy which was spasming earlier into the week. I started getting spasms all over the upper area of my body whereas I am used to them in the lower part. anytime i moved my arms or neck I would get this feeling of huge fatigue and buzzing then spasm. I felt waves come over me which then would be followed by exaggeratted symptoms. I ended up in the Er with a neuro exam from the er doc who said something is definatly wrong and I need to see a specialist. The two words he threw out where als and ms. I am definatly scared, wanting to get some answers and dxd. They didnt help me past that last night and i ended going back with the same result. He told me to get an ms screening asap. My problem is I dont have insurance and feel at a total loss as to what to do. I have three kids that need their mama and I need to get this worked out.

[illinwithoutacause]

dear tia,

i am so sorry to read about what is happening to you.  i know it must feel really scary, and, as a mother of a little one myself, i empathize completely with the impact this all has on your ability to care for your kids.  it is just terrible.

like helen suggests, perhaps someone in the MS forum would have some recommendations as to how to gain access to appropriate testing and in the absence of health insurance.  i would also recommend you contact your local MS society chapter to see if they have any suggestions for you.

i am sending you many good thoughts and please keep us posted as to how things continue to unfold for you.

blessings to you and yours,
binx

[helen41]

The mother in me just wants to put my arms around you and give you a hug. How frightening.
I'm not American, so I don't know how the system there works, but I wonder if you should also repost on the MS forum. It is very active, and I hope someone there will know of a way to access testing free of charge. I wish I could be of more help