another update

Kerissa • Sep 12, 2012

Hi, guys!

Here’s a little update: I’m being referred to see an orthopaedic spine surgeon who has a good knowledge of EDS and CRPS.  Thankfully, I can see him this coming Monday.  My pain doctors aren’t sure yet why I’ve been having a drooping eye and headache until I get some imaging studies done.  An MRI is contraindicated because I have an implant in my back, and my pain dr. doesn’t really want to do a CT scan because of its high dose of radiation on a 19-year old.  So we’ll be discussing this predicament with the orthopaedics dr. 

My pain dr. doesn’t want to do anything for my hand yet until the head/neck problems are more under control.  And I can’t have physical therapy at this moment because of the unknown..

I hope things move along quickly cuz this drooping eye is getting bothersome..😉

Kerissa

By Kerissa Lee 23 Jan, 2024
Hi, friends, I had a whole other post ready to go with some good news, but instead, I have an urgent prayer request. I started experiencing sudden onset numbness, tingling, and weakness in my whole left leg, and it’s been so scary. 🥺 It just came on out of the blue. I was doing so well with physical therapy each week (able to walk fast on the treadmill and leg press 40 lbs), and now, I have to limp because my left leg is soo weak. I really want to avoid the ED as much as possible, so I saw one of my doctors today. She’s concerned I’m having a big motor nerve issue. 😭 The plan is to see a physical medicine specialist, have a nerve conduction study, get an urgent MRI done, as well as see my PCP and pain doctor on the 25th and 29th for further evaluation/testing. I know I already said this, but it really has been so scary to lose function so quickly. Can you pray that I will trust the Lord and not worry? It’s been very hard, so I’d really appreciate your prayers and support in the coming weeks. Thank you so much. ❤️
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"Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth." Hosea 6:3
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"This hard place in which you, perhaps, find yourself, is the very place in which God is giving you opportunity to look only to Him."  Elisabeth Elliot
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