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GWi United States. Jun 06 2009 05:43. Posts 48 | | |
My wife is in the hospital because she lost the... well I don't exactly know how to put this... but she lost all strength in her lower extremeties... She can feel her legs, like if you just barely brush against her skin, and she can move her feet (from ankles to toes)... however she can't put any weight on her legs and she cannot walk at all. She's a math teacher @ the local high school (where i graduated from) and after she got out of school she went to the DMV to get a new license with her new name on it, anyway she collapsed and could not get up for several minutes... When she did manage to get up, she some how managed to drive to our house where she collapsed again in the driveway, again for a few minutes. She came in the house and she was crying... My initial thoughts were "fuck she had a bad day at school again" (she teaches "alternative" students, the ones who come from way fucked up homes and are abused, use drugs etc etc). Then she told me about the collapsing and feeling absolutely weak all around... Okay, given she has had mono 3-4 times in her life (yes epstein bar tests have proven this)... Anyway we took her to the emergency room (obviously) and the ER staff gave her a small dose of morphine because of a headache she had, then she was later transferred to a better hospital about 60 miles away... She met with a neurologist and was MRI'ed for TWO HOURS, head to toe. the tests showed no signs of brain tumors, or any other sign of tumors etc. Anyway she has been on diet pills for a long long long time and the 2nd neurologist that we met with came in and told the family to leave and proceded to call her a drug addict and told her that she was faking and needed to 'fess up. He looked at her tox screening and saw that she tested postive for amphetamines and opiates (diet pills + morphine @ previous hospital), so i guess he just automatically assumed she was looking for drugs... even though she turned down another morphine shot in place of Extra Strength Tylenol @ the new hospital ( SURE SOUNDS LIKE DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR TO ME.... U?!?! ).
Anyways, the most information that we have received was from the physical therapist who said "things like this happen a lot around here"... and the only thing that the neurologist recommended was "you should take physical therapy"... Okay physical therapy is great... but NORMALLLY you take physical therapy AFTER you find out what is wrong with you... right? I mean come onnnnnnnnnnn!!!
Thanks for reading, hopefully this will pass... but then again what if it recurs? I dunno.. I dont post many places, but I just needed to get this off my chest... Especially since we were supposed to go to vegas in 2 weeks for the summer and have nothing but a great time... I hope that you all pray (even if you don't pray [include me in that sub-group]) that she will get better and never have this happen to her again...
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DONKEYLUVIN United States. Jun 06 2009 05:55. Posts 292 | | |
Wow, weird story as you don't even know what's wrong with your wife. I can only say I hope everything turns out ok, and at least they haven't found serious, so thats a very good sign. Good Luck, I'm sure everything will work out. |
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GWi United States. Jun 06 2009 05:56. Posts 48 | | | |
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sChOuA Switzerland. Jun 06 2009 06:52. Posts 2302 | | | |
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flounder44 United States. Jun 06 2009 07:08. Posts 916 | | |
done deal... Hope your wife recovers and gets better. |
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All the best to your wife. May she recover as fast as possible. |
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All the best to your wife, hope everything will be alright. |
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dahornnn United Kingdom. Jun 06 2009 10:21. Posts 693 | | |
Hope its all sorted in time for vegas, have a good one  |
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Uptown . Jun 06 2009 10:36. Posts 3557 | | |
I guess I can't blame the doc b/c nothing on MRI + the "evidence" of the chemicals in her system - he's just doing his job.
Really hope you guys figure out what's wrong and find the right approach for it  |
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Jubert69 United States. Jun 06 2009 10:45. Posts 3191 | | |
Hope for the best man. Hopefully it was something small and tomorrow you can act like it never happened. |
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Gl to you both ill pray for you |
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Bejamin1 Canada. Jun 06 2009 10:52. Posts 7042 | | |
I hope she makes a full recovery.
I'm no doctor but I would suggest to stop taking the diet pills. In general they aren't the most healthy thing to be putting in the body. It could possibly be some sort of weird side-effect. |
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All the best, I hope your wife will make a full recovery. |
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Achoo Canada. Jun 06 2009 12:54. Posts 1454 | | |
Sometimes even doctors dont know what s going on, i hope she makes a fast recovery |
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Parker417 United States. Jun 06 2009 12:55. Posts 331 | | |
Hope she gets better. none of the pray crap tho. |
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noface United States. Jun 06 2009 15:00. Posts 182 | | |
I'm sure everything will turn out fine. She should be getting out of school soon if she has not already actually. Hopefully the rest helps. |
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SfydjkLm Belarus. Jun 06 2009 16:00. Posts 3810 | | |
well umm first of all MRI is really slow, 2 hours is just enough to scan the brain, definitely not any other part of the body.
secondly did u talk to doctor about why he thinks ur wife has a drug problem? cos thats not something you wanna overlook just because love is blind. And as far as diet pills, requiem for a dream anyone? |
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SfydjkLm Belarus. Jun 06 2009 16:01. Posts 3810 | | |
and umm physical therapy has nothing to do with whats wrong with you. its just a program to help you rebuilt your bodys physical prowess. |
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bigbb33 Canada. Jun 06 2009 17:28. Posts 3679 | | |
Those are serious symptoms: go get a second opinion from another doctor with more diagnostic stuff. |
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yah this is way too weird not to figure out wtf is going on, good luck..
also diet pills containing amphetamine are considered dangerous and you can't totally write off the diet pills, and I'm sure she isn't at the hospital looking for drugs, but it really isn't a good idea to take that stuff long term. just take a glance at the wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphetamines |
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