MRI tomorrow...
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i've had pins and needles and numbness in my left leg and foot for 16 weeks, ive had bloods done and NCS (nerve conduction study) and all fine.
so dr refered me for MRI, i finally got the appt after 6 weeks and its tomorrow...
i'm nervous as don't like closed in spaces, but also my numbness seams to have gone almost, only very slight now.
ankle still feels tight though and achy at times...
i feel like i'll be wasting there time and resources going for scan, but then also think...if i cancel and numbness comes back they won't refer me again.
i've have other things like lack of concentration at times, dead leg , and numbness in side of face at times, but was mainly the leg i found annoying.
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tiswas24537 justme67
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i hate hospitals and doctors surgers dentist anything remotley medical i get very stressed out being ther, so i understand , its not your fault you had to wait 6 weeks ,and in that time the numbness has receeded .you didnt this was going to happen ,so just grit your teeth and go at least it will put your mind at rest that its not something else
mrsmop justme67
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The real time wasters, are the ones who are given appointments and don't turn up.
justme67 mrsmop
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it was a bit like having my head in a tin bucket while someone bangs on it with a spanner!
the staff were fab and put me at ease, i had eye mask, headphones and music & panic alarm button...
took about 20 mins in all, was glad when it was over.
now just gotta wait for results, said 10-14 days.
if nothing shows up, then i'll be back to square one wondering why dead leg, pins needles etc.....
glad its done though..
gaiagal justme67
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I don't know if you've had the MRI done yet, but I get the feeling thay you are a bit claustrophic. Find out if the place uses a "closed" system MRI. I am very claustrophic and, because of this, my doctors let me go to "open MRI" facilities. here are many of them where I live, so you will need to see if there are any open MRI facilties near you.
AND make sure you tell your doctor you don't want to go into a closed MRI.
I wish you good luck, and let us know - if you want to - how it turned out.
Gaiagal
justme67 gaiagal
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will let you know how i get on
justme67 gaiagal
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it was a bit like having my head in a tin bucket while someone bangs on it with a spanner!
the staff were fab and put me at ease, i had eye mask, headphones and music & panic alarm button...
took about 20 mins in all, was glad when it was over.
now just gotta wait for results, said 10-14 days.
if nothing shows up, then i'll be back to square one wondering why dead leg, pins needles etc.....
glad its done though..
mrsmop justme67
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glosmit justme67
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tiswas24537 glosmit
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its a sod isent it ,this condition it takes so much a way
glosmit tiswas24537
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tiswas24537 glosmit
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try soaking your feet in warm epsom salts .
glosmit tiswas24537
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tiswas24537 glosmit
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glosmit tiswas24537
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tiswas24537 glosmit
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tiswas24537 glosmit
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but thats just me personaly , doctors get alsorts of perks for pushing certain meds ,there nothing more than legal drug dealers in my opionion
you do get some good ones it would be unfair to say they were all bad but the more you go them the more drugs you get on ,
so unless i am crawling around on the floor unable to get up i will stay away ,except for yr check ups just to make sure nothing elses is going on . but each to there own . tina. in yorkshire