Need some hope...

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Registered: 04-03-2003
Need some hope...
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Sat, 05-19-2007 - 4:37am
It's funny, I used to obsess about small things like work, and how much I weighed, and what people thought of me. The last 2 months of my life have been hard, and while they have given me perspective, I sometimes feel so overwhelmed. In the end of March I lost a pregnancy. I went on Chinese herbs, vitamins and acupuncture right away for fertility. On Tuesday I started having numbness in my mouth and right side. The neurologist didn't think it was the herbs and acupuncture (even though the seizures stopped when I stopped taking them), he ordered an MRI and EEG, and I am waiting for the results. He said it could be anything from a brain tumor, to epilepsy to meningitis to multiple sclerosis. I somehow cant believe all this is happening to me. Deep down I feel that nothing has changed, I don't know whether it's my faith that things will work out, or denial. Anyways, just needed to vent...I'm only 32, and I feel too young for a scary diagnosis...hopefully it's nothing.
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Registered: 04-09-2003
Sat, 05-19-2007 - 12:56pm

I think all those things can happen if you know nothing about them. Try looking up your doctor's advice & prescriptions. He can only help you out of the situation to make yourself better. This website can help begin to educate:

http://health.ivillage.com/

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sat, 05-19-2007 - 1:08pm

Welcome to the board Angel!