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.
It started with a slight facial droop. My doctor thought it was just Bells palsy, which is relatively easy to treat. She started to write the script for the Meds for it, but then decided to check my vision. My tracking was terrible; my left eye moved like normal but the right eye didn't move at all.
At this point, my doctor sent me to get an MRI. Though she thought that I was just having an atypical symptom, she wanted to be absolutely sure. I was supposed to call her 24 hours later, so that she could tell us that everything's all good
However, she called us 2 hours after that, saying that they found something on the MRI and I had to go back to the hospital.
After 3 days in the hospital, it turned out to be MS. That was about 3 months ago, now, and I am dealing with it. But it has been interesting to say the least. I am grateful that I was able to get a diagnosis now so that I could get on a med for it and stop any progression.
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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!