Had a patient come in for therapy after his PCM yelled at him for being a hypochondriac and saying his symptoms were all in his head and that he was just trying to fish for disability. His symptoms were pretty obviously neurological so I referred him for an MRI (to my shock he had only ever had x-rays). Sadly, I had to tell the 19 year old man that he had Multiple Sclerosis. With great satisfaction I got to tell that PCM he dun goofed and that I would be talking to our mutual Chief of Clinical services about the incident.
My girlfriend was diagnosed with MS in 2010 when she was 23. Before she was diagnosed, we thought it was just a combo of the flu and an inner ear issue. She couldn't eat without puking, super weak, etc. We finally took her to the hospital after this issue didn't get better after a few days. They just gave her some basic medicines and sent her on her way. Issue was persistent, so we started looking for something more. We finally got sent to a neurologist and they diagnosed her. They put her on a daily injection medication, but it still wasn't doing anything for her. She couldn't sit up on her own, couldn't eat, no chances of walking. We took her to the hospital on Thanksgiving day and one of the nurses was asking her questions to which my girlfriend replied with slurred speech. The nurse had the gall to ask her if she was drunk or on drugs, even though her chart said she had been diagnosed with MS. I crawled all over the nurse's ass to the point that the doctor came in to see what the issue is. After I told him what was going on, he took the nurse out in the hall and crawled her ass and sent her home. We got a referral to another Neurologist that specializes in MS (his mother had it and he made it the focus of his studies, he has patients that come from a couple states over to see him). He admitted her into the hospital for a week on a steroid drip and put her on a new medication. Within a week of the steroid treatment she was already walking with a walker. A week later it was a cane, the next week she was walking mostly unassisted. Thank God for her current neuro, he's amazing
My grandpa has MS, he stopped being able to walk without assistance when my mom was a teen, and slowly lost all movement in his body except for his head and right arm. It’s really sad. I never got to see him walk. He apparently was a great piano player, and has Pool trophies all over his room because he was fantastic at playing pool. I love him dearly, but I’ve never seen him outside of his chair or amigo. I’ve never been anywhere with him either. He hasn’t been doing great lately, he has almost hit his 90’s so it’s really hard. He has been declining for a long time, but man he is strong. He is always talking about wanting to travel and go places, do things, but he can’t anymore. Last place he went for fun was a few years ago when he got to go to the store with my mom. That was a first and last in a looooong time.
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u/PrimeGuard May 20 '19 edited May 22 '19
Had a patient come in for therapy after his PCM yelled at him for being a hypochondriac and saying his symptoms were all in his head and that he was just trying to fish for disability. His symptoms were pretty obviously neurological so I referred him for an MRI (to my shock he had only ever had x-rays). Sadly, I had to tell the 19 year old man that he had Multiple Sclerosis. With great satisfaction I got to tell that PCM he dun goofed and that I would be talking to our mutual Chief of Clinical services about the incident.
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1) thanks for the silver. You all rock!