a cure for the pain associated, and also didn't do eeg right is this not why your pcp would be fooled! the heart doctor and my eye doctor are wanting me to see a good one the changes are so bad in 2 wks. I changed pcp and this new one thinks i am full of devils! on an extremity test the neuroligists told me it was ms and I need demilinization test but he is in a sleep center my insurance will not cover what to do!
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If your pain is related to a muscle that need to be relaxed then Botox would indeed help, b/c that's what it does, it relaxes muscles. Otherwise, you need to keep seeing new Dr's until all the puzzle pieces fit together and you are satisfied with the diagnosis. For instance if they say you have MS and ALL the symptoms fit, then say ok great, what's the next step, if it's an insurance issue, see a new Dr tell him the problem and I bet he/she will have a different plan. New Dr's, New brain's to pick at, don't settle if the puzzle doesn't fit together quite right, trust me, I've been going through the same kind of crap for YEARS!!! nobody knows better about whats going on inside you better than you, if a diagnosis doesn't seem right, get another opinion, and another, and another, until you are satisfied.
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Please, don't put your health in the hands of an amateur forum. Respect your mind and body. Consult yet another doctor. (I am a physician myself and this is the best advice I can possibly give you.)
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Some drugs claim to slow the progess of the disease but this has rarely been the case in my experiences with this disease. The best is to look for a local support group. Herbally, things like Ginkgo Biloba are found to improve blood flow to the brain. I  believe in alternative therapies as there is little else that can help. If caught early enough, the results can be very pleasing. I am a homoeopath but my mother refused treatment when she was lucid enough to decide. It's not ethical to give it with refusal. Funnily enough now, she has agreed to go to a colleague of mine so I'm hoping for some improvements but I feel it's too late realistically now.
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If i were you I would call the hospital and talk to someone in patient accounts. i had a friend who was told they had a brain anurism (sp?) and they shipped him to another hospital etc etc and racked up alot of bills and the wife called and ended up they didnt have to pay it. Chances are you will have to pay for the first one though, it was part of your treatment.
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I had my first colonoscopy this year in February 2006.  I wrote a 20 page paper of my experience and I had some of your same concerns.  I didn't feel anything and never woke up (that I remember).  For me personally, my next colonoscopy willl be with pain medication only - I do not want the versed (the drug that has an amnesiac effect).  I want to try it both ways to make a decision for all future colonoscopies.  My next one will be scheduled for February 2009 and this will be the one with pain medication only.  My husband has had a colonoscopy done with no drugs at all - he was under an HMO at the time and didn't realize that this is what they had planned for him.  He has a longer colon than most and has a tight turn in his colon.  He did say how painful it was with no anesthesia and that the gas pains from the air they put into your colon was the worst part of it - painful cramping (he should try labor pains!)  He doesn't recommend a colonoscopy with no medication.  He's been having colonoscopies for  25 years now.  I would be glad to e-mail you my paper if you're interested in reading it.  I have sent it to several others and they have enjoyed reading my "heartfelt paper".  I did have several "issues" in regard to my colonoscopy and I do realize that everyone is different but I think to some extent, most of us have similar fears and concerns.  This is an invasive procedure and I think more difficult for women than men.  My paper tells the truth!  And I will be happy to answer ANY questions you have.  My e-mail address is dfcoley@yahoo.com.
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GO TO A DIFFERENT DOCTOR!!!!!!!!!!!
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I wonder what the doctor said..\n\nMaybe you should fine another doctor.  One the specialize in that.\n\nGood luck.
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With your history of HELLP you need to seek another opinion right away.  Also a PE is nothing to sneeze at.  Both are life threatening conditions.  Your body is trying to tell you something, listen to it!  Get to another Dr. right away for their opinion. I am a retired OB nurse and have seen patients with complications like yours, even months later and the outcome was not good,  Don't ignore the warning signs.
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Unfortunately, I understand AND believe you.  I have a hard-to-diagnose condition that took me 16 doctors and 15 years to resolve.\n\nMany doctors have such huge egos that they assume that if THEY don't know the answer, that there ISN'T an answer, and therefore it's "all in your mind."\n\nDon't put up with this poppycock.  Find another neuro whose knowledge base is bigger than his ego.
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On the 17th of Feb I walked into a hospital and fell down with a heart attack, when I woke up I was stable in the emergency room, the doctor said he was going to run some test in the morning.  The next morning I was feeling much better and they took me down and did a ultra sound on my heart and said it looked fine, then they took me over to do a stress test.  I could not walk on the treadmill cause I just had back surgery about 4 week ago so they did the tes chemicaly through my veins, it was to take about 4 min to do.  About 3 1/2 min into the test I felt very weird on my left side and was then told I was having a full blown stroke.  I was then rushed up to the ICU floor and I was not feeling so good, aparently I was in critical condition.  Mind you a week before this I also found out I had a bleeding ulcer in my stomach.  Anyway the doctors did some MRI's and CAT Scans on me and could not find where the blood clot was that was causing my stroke and they also could not get a hold of my wife.  About an hour and a half went by and I was more coherant so the doctor told me that I might die if they could not get the blood flow back in to my brain, so then he told me their was a new drug called TPA that might find the clot and dissolve it but that I would only have a 2% chance of living through it because of my ulcer and bleeding in the brain, there was only a 3 hour window to be abel to use this medicine and 2 hrs have already passed.  I decided a long time ago I was never going to be a burden to no one including my wife so I told the doctor to give me the TPA, and he did. I went into a coma for about 3 to 4 hrs but I did wake up and saw my lovely wife Lisa crying beside me, I told everything would be ok, she smiled a little.  About six hours had passed with no improvement until I looked down at my left toes and saw they were moving, talk about the best feeling you ever had in your life...so an hour later I was moving my fingers then my arm then my leg and I stayed up for the next 24hrs just moving my left side.  The doctors said my face lifted back into place, no more droop.  By Sat the 20th I was on my was home still a little week but with a clean bill of health.  The doctors said I get to go back to work next Monday and I feel great.  I have decided to take life by the horns and do everything I always wanted to, I just signed up for a Tai Kuan Do class.\n\nSo yes you can pray for me, pray this never happens again.\n\nThanks \n\nDon
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sounds like something neurological hence the left hand bitten and right side effects...keep on that doc and make sure you get the answer you want until your satisfied and content
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Get a new doctor! Some will flat out not prescribe benzos. I know doctors who won't give out pain medication. That would be my advise.
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YOU SHOULD DEFINETLY GET A SECOND OPINION, THAT QUACK DOCTOR OF YOURS IS TRYING TO MASK YOUR PROBLEMS NOT HELP YOU AT ALL. PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU KEEP ALL OF YOU PAPERWORK FROM THE DOCTOR, SO YOU CAN SUE HIS A*** LATER. TAKE CARE AND KEEP US POSTED!!
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Why did they change it?  My 5 year old has severe epilepsy and has been on every seizure medicine that has been made to no avail.  He now has a vagal nerve stimulator which has helped tremendously.  if you would like to chat to me some more about this feel free to message me
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Has he gone to a sleep lab?  I can only help you chip away the sleep thing.  I use one of those CPAP thing nightly, now I am 61 years old and was diagnosed at 60.  I feel like I am in my 40's!  True sleep is wonderful, my whole adult life I never had a good night's sleep!  I also had a knee twitch that kept my brain from going into REM stage of sleep.  Thats where the eyes dart around, its like perfect sleep time, anyway I lived without it for 40+ years.\n\nI hated going to the lab and did not enjoy the whole idea of it. The idea of having something poked up my noise was not comforting! I HATED IT! BUT MY WIFE MADE ME GO !!!!\n\nThe lab was tolerable, but the results are unbelieveable!\n\nTHE DARN MACHINE WORKS MIRACLES!  SO ... LIKE A SAVED SINNER,  I AM HERE TO SPREAD THE WORD, TELL THE WORLD WHERE THEIR REDEMPTION MAY BE FOUND ( WELL MAYBE A LITTLE PUSHY )!\n\nWISH YOU LUCK ON ALL OF YOUR PROBLEMS,  BREATHING THROUGH THE NIGHT SERIOUSLY HAS RE-STARTED MY WHOLE PERSONAL LIFE!\n\nHAVE A GOOD DAY.\n\n\nAPS
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Try FEVERFEW!!! it's an herbal supplement that rescued me 10years ago...I was having them twice a month, & had jsut had a baby...couldn't crawl under the covers for a day or so to get rid of it anymore...so the hospital gave me Imitres...and promptly discovered I'm allergic to that....so talking to a friend, she told me about it & I started taking 1 capsule every day for the next 2 months...didn't have a single headache! Then it was almost 6 months before I got a vision disturbance (here it comes...) so I took another capsule & it went away, without ever exploding into a headache. Like I said, it's been over 10 years, & I've only had 1 mingrane since then, when I was out of town without my supply of feverfew.
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my friend just recently had this problem, he went to his chiropracter who realigned his neck and waht not, he received a couple of massages over a couple different days and feels beeter.  he said the doctor used different pressure point and when the doctor pushed on the nerve that gave him the headache the doc was able to fix it.  i know this might not be much help, but i would reccopmend that since my fiend tried to to let it go and see if it would go away to no evail.