October Bummer

I'm mainly writing this to possibly get some advice from my lovely readers, share experiences, or just to let everyone know.

Starting October 2nd (so a month ago) my feet were constantly tingling/asleep. It never went away and I really didn't think much of it. I went along with my daily life, it was more annoying than anything. About a week later it was still in my feet but traveled to my hands. It was now getting worse and worse and much more painful in my hands. It's like my finger tips are on fire and the rest of my hands were numb. I still just thought it would go away and let it go. Well on October 17th I noticed I was extremely weak. I couldn't even walk up my stairs, do any form of mild physical stuff, my arms ached, my eyes were twitching, my legs felt like I had done P90x 20 times. I called my family doctor because this alone made me super worried and scared plus the numbness had yet to go away. By this time I had googled (yes I shouldn't have) my symptoms and was super scared cause the main concerns were M.S. {which turns out I was fine} Our doctor couldn't get me in till the next week, so of course I decided to wait.

Wednesday Oct 19th I went into the E.R because the pain was so bad. I was falling, and struggling with things that were normally pretty easy, like getting Gage out of his car seat. The E.R was a joke and all they did was blood work, tell me to see a neurologist, and sent me on my way. During this time I was still doing photo sessions and falling all over the place, I'm sure my clients were thinking I was the biggest klutz ever. I'm not big on talking about being "sick" I'm one of those that keeps everything inside and only tells a select few {my poor family.} On the 24th I went into my family doctor, had some blood work, had an MRI, and was looked at like I was lying or crazy. Everything came back normal, which was great but so frustrating because my symptoms were getting worse daily. I wasn't too happy with how my doc was treating me and getting ahold of him was a joke.

Yesterday I went into Tyler's family doctor and had a much better experience.  He had never seen this before, I could tell he was a little complexed. My weakness had been so bad. My numbness has gotten worse, going up my arms throbbing pain, I can barely type right now. Walking is getting difficult and sleeping is as well. He set me up with a neurologist, asked a ton of questions, put me on steroids, and another medicine for nerves. I'm feeling a little more optimistic now, like someone actually believes me. It's pretty sad, I feel like you need to chop off a limb to get any help these days. The symptoms are all still there, everything has gotten to be challenging. My family has all been so amazing even my in laws. Helping me with daycare, photography, walking {haha} & Gage. My mom has done daycare for me every time I've had a visit, with help from my sisters & grandparents. I don't know what I would do without them. Tyler has of course been amazing but I wouldn't ever expect differently from him. So there you have it my October full of frustrations. If anyone has any advice, stories, anything I would love to hear it. I'm extremely confused on what's happening to me. I feel like I'm 90 years old. If anything this has taught me to be thankful for the same stuff. Putting on your own bra, pushing buttons, texting {yes I haven't answered half of my texts lately} walking up stairs, & WALKING!