I will try and get everything in here. For 15+ years I have had medical probems, we didn’t realize they were related till I was about 18. I have had a multitude of tests, inconclusive, but because there is something wrong I cannot get insurance I am too "high risk" Multiple Sclerosis is suspected. Some of the symptoms over the years are magraines with and without auoras, floaters in my vision as well as seeing tracers on EVERYTHING, riniging ears, an episode of slurred speach, severe pain in the joints, fatigue, localized numbless (arms and legs), poor memory etc. The last of my bad "attacks" of this was 4 years ago, since then I have had sporadic attacks, only small with 1-3 symptoms very mildly.
Then recently I began getting cluster migraines, for about a month now. Its almost constant. Last week I got sudden vertigo, this is new and its happend a few times since. 18 months ago right afer my last child was born, I got a twicthing eyelid on the outer corner of my left eye. Ad detail
In recent weeks the twicthing is a common daily occurance, it happens a few times a day. Then suddenly yesterday the most alarming symptom… spots in my left eye in the outer corner, my preiphal (bad spelling) vision. I thought it was my contacts, but its not. Its getting worse too, I have no idea what is going on. I hear its a symptoms of retinal detachment, but I don’t know how that could have happened and I really suspect its related to the other symptoms. Also, about 10 minutes before I began this post my left eye started to ache in the area of the flashing spots I see, not bad, but I do feel it.
Can anyone tell me what direction to go, who to see? I have no insurance, so I want to start in the most likely area because I have NO money and I don’t know what to do. I am NOT eligible for any assistance.
I also have 3 small kids and a hubby, we live paycheck to paycheck despite our best efforts. I cannot compromise any bills for medical care. It also seems worse when I look down.
I live in Lake Tahoe, which makes me sound rich, but we are NOT, we are the working class who keeps this place running for the wealthy tourists. I am no eligibale for medi-cal (medicaid), I would have to make unker 11k a year for that, and 11k a year would not even feed us and shelter us! I have tried to see a neuro, they wont give me a break, they wont let me make payments, no one around here will help me. I really don’t know what to do at all. My eye is starting to hurt more, inside and behind it which I know are MS symptoms. I have been tested for HIV, Lyme, Lupus, RH and more. I know Lyme needs some specialized tests, I can’t afford those, but the regular test I had in the ER (twice, once 10 years ago, once 4 years ago) said negative. I don’t have any skin discolorations, but if they rule out MS somehow Lyme was the next was I was thinking.
Now it hurts behind both freaking eyes, wonderful