I meant to have updated you Friday night.  Friday is when I went in to see the Neurologist.

I went in totally hoping that I was finally going to get some answers.  Now though, I’m just more confused.  I was hoping that I was going to go in, hear the abnormal results and know exactly what was wrong with me….

…uh no…doesn’t work like that!

Instead I get a range of conditions I could have.  Let’s start with the mild stuff.  My iron is low, I’ve always been one of those people that fluctuate on being anemic.  I’m always on the low end here.  No big surprise.

The second mild thing is my Vitamin B-12.  I’m at the low end and she wants me to take a supplement.  Just a pill, no shot.  Those two things are not enough to cause these issues I am having.

The third thing that was way out of whack was my Sedimentation Rate.  I am assuming that this is the same thing that the ER had mentioned to me back in July.  At the ER in July I was told I had Inflammation markers in my blood.  I didn’t really know what that meant.  Now this is what a high Sedimentation Rate means:

When inflammation is present in the body, certain proteins cause red blood cells to stick together and fall more quickly than normal to the bottom of the tube. These proteins are produced by the liver and the immune system under many abnormal conditions, such as an infection, an autoimmune disease, or cancer.

There are many possible causes of a high sedimentation rate. For this reason, a sed rate is done with other tests to confirm a diagnosis. After a diagnosis has been made, a sed rate can be done to help check on the disease or see how well treatment is working.

The Neuro is going to continue treating my headaches and I will follow up with her in 3 months.  She seems to think that my headaches are caused by the stress of the chronic pain on my body daily.  The pain is always there and can get pretty severe.  Since  I have been on the Amitriptylin the headaches have been only normal mild headaches.  The jerking is gone, except for my random arm jerks.

She has referred me to a Rheumatoid Doctor now.  Monday I will call and make that appointment.  I need to get my ass busy and make money to help cover all of these visits.

My hopes at this point…

Well, of course I hope it isn’t some sort of cancer.  I really don’t feel that it is.  The Neurologist seems to think that I have a muscle disease or an autoimmune disease.  I really hope that I get answers soon.

Thanks so much for all the great support you have all been giving me.  I know I have been being lame about responding.  I am trying to get myself into a groove.  I need to schedule everything now.  I can’t remember shit anymore.

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