Oh my God...

I just realized that I have been awake for 39 and a half of the past 41 hours. Bad, bad, bad. To bed I said!

s/p neurology appointment #1

Ok, so I saw the neurologist today. I'm really really glad that someone had warned me that she didn't have much of a bedside manner, because if I wasn't prepared for that, I might have not been happy at all about today. I ended up waiting over an hour to see the doctor, which did not make the twisty nervous tummy happy about the whole process. The visit itself was ok... lots of questions about my medical history, lots of questions about my weight and my psychological history. Lots of questions I didn't feel like I had good answers for, or lacked the ability to answer clearly. Yes, I have a history of non-compliance when it comes to doctor's offices. Mostly that has to do with putting up with a whole lot of fuss, bother & unpleasantness for little to no help, not to mention getting the impression that said doctors think that I'm a nutjob and that there's nothing really wrong with me. Have that happen often enough and you'll start to believe them. And no, I really can't explain what I mean when I "know" my leg is going to jerk, I just know that it's going to.

Ok, back on track. Anyway, after an extensive dialogue where I tried my best to answer her questions, she did the neuro exam (which I flunked some portions of spectacularly), and now I have a prescription to help deal with the symptoms and a plan for an MRI of my cervical spine (neck) and and EMG study of my right arm. All of this will be happening next Tuesday. On the plus side, I'm glad that at this point it appears that someone is agreeing that "yes, there is something wrong with you," while on the other hand, there might actually be something wrong with me and that's kinda scary.