Multiplicity1's Journal, 20 Jul 10

Went to the doctor with my husband and it was totally unsatisfactory. The doctor was completely inattentive, got pulled out of the room in the middle of my husband's exam to talk to another patient and did not have the info. from my husband's previous ER visits. So she told him to come back in two weeks. She was hesitant to think it could be MS because it is so much more common in women but my husband has 10-11 symptoms that match MS and none that don't match it. I really want her to order a MRI and a spinal tap to rule it in or out. Apparently 25% of early MS cases cannot be diagnosed by the MRI alone. Also they use a test called an evoked potential to check for MS - I think it checks nerve conduction. It is important to diagnose it right away because proper treatment can make delay future episodes. On top of all this medical stuff I have had a toothache or rather two toothaches for four days. I go to the dentist tomorrow to get these cavities filled. My food was off a bit today because I felt like fainting repeatedly this morning and I drank some cranberry juice because I wasn't sure if my blood sugar was low. Well I found out it was low blood pressure instead. Meanwhile I had had over 50 carbs already including the juice.
The doctor was supposed to call and let me know whether to stop my blood pressure meds but the nurse didn't call me. My blood pressure is still low and I just took a pain pill for my teeth and my night meds. I hope my blood pressure doesn't go too low tonight. I'll be glad to get the dentist over with. My food was OK until I drank the cranberry juice today. I will just have fewer carbs tomorrow.