June 5th 2009

Have you ever woken up one morning and found that you couldn't see out of one eye?
I have and that is were my MS journey began.

Like most people stress and fatigue is not a good thing to have in your life.

The month of May for me was very busy and stressful. In June my stress levels hit an all time high. When I lost my left eye sight family told me that I should get it looked at. It was a Friday and I kept saying "Oh it's nothing" and "I'll be fine".
Monday rolled along and I was still in darkness so I called the eye doctor who told me to come in the next day. Doctor's not worried...neither am I!

On Tuesday, the doctor said all looked fine and that I needed to see a specialist. I was also explained that I could have simple swelling of the Optical Nerve, early signs of MS or tumours behind the eye. Guess what I'm thinking now!

By the end of the week I had seen the specialist(#2). She asked me all kinds of questions that would have sounded strange to most people. For those who know me very well, you know that by this point I've read up on all I could find about MS. Not the other 2 because for 1, I was pretty much convinced I had MS and 2, I did not want to have tumours. She ended our visit by sating "I am going to send you for am MRI and refer you to another specialist".

I fell apart walking out of that office.
Wait time for an MRI is 3 months to get booked in then could be another 3 months to have it done.

In steps a savior that I really didn't think was necessary at the time.
I private MRI? What is that...
You call, you book, you get it done. That easy!!
Oh.. there is a cost attached to this speedy process and thank you for covering the cost. I owe you.

With in 1 week of seeing doctor #1 I have had an MRI and am off to my family doctor for the verdict.