Medical Updates
Kerissa • October 11, 2013
This past Friday, I had a follow-up with Dr. F, my neuro-ophthalmologist. She’s so so sweet! The external ophthalmoplegia (weakness/paralysis of the eye muscles) in my left eye is stable at the moment which is great news! For those who don’t know, my left eyeball can’t look to the left very well at all which isn’t much fun…but there’s not a lot that can be done for treatment, so she just wants to keep monitoring it.
I still get nystagmus ( fast, uncontrollable movements of the eyes) every now and then, but thankfully, I can keep it at bay as long as the migraines aren’t too bad and I get adequate sleep.
For 3 weeks now, I’ve been having horrible spine pain, and I have no clue what started it. So my physical medicine dr. squeezed me in today. So grateful! He ordered two x-rays of my thoracolumbar spine, and the images show that I have some multilevel degenerative disk disease. One problem after another…I sure feel older than 21……..lol.
The spine pain may also be from the underlying mitochondrial and/or neuromuscular disorder. So Dr. C ordered more physical therapy, and I have a follow-up with him in 3 and a 1/2 weeks. If things are no better by that point, then he’ll possibly order more imaging studies like an MRI.
The spine pain may also be from the underlying mitochondrial and/or neuromuscular disorder. So Dr. C ordered more physical therapy, and I have a follow-up with him in 3 and a 1/2 weeks. If things are no better by that point, then he’ll possibly order more imaging studies like an MRI.
This coming Wednesday is my spinal tap at 8 AM! I’d appreciate your prayers! My pain dr. told me I’m at increased risk for a post-dural puncture headache, so we’ll see how bad it is the second time around.. Thank you all for your continued love and support!
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