For Quix and whomever else can help

[skarey]

Thank you for your replys. .  I am very scared right now and am looking for any answers any  peace of mind.  I have two children, one 3.5 year old and one 4.5 month old.  Also my hubby is gone often as he is in the NAVY.  So being along through this is kinda scarey.    The MRI was just of my head and yes they used contrast.  It was all normal.  My eye pain isn't constant eye pain.  It comes and goes.  It doesn't worsen with movement.  I have no other vision problems besides the occassional pain.  My primary dr.  did CBC and they just checked my B12.  On my CBC  everything was normal, but my liver enzymes were elevated.  They did an ultrasound of my liver, but came back normal.  My b12 was also normal.  What can the nerve conduction study tell me?  My dr was horrible about explaining it to me.  It was abnormal on the feet and legs, but that is all she really said.  I go in tomorrow to redo the arms and hands (there was an error on the last test.)  I went to a chiopractor sometime in the middle of this all and they did xrays on me.  I had pinched nerves in my neck and back and my hips were unaligned.  Could this be the cause?  I haven't gone back in again for we were on vacation and just recently got home.  If it wasn't for the pain in bottoms of feet and arms/hands I would feel pretty normal.  Oh and the new twitches are driving me crazy.  I also forgot to mention that the right side of my face gets occassional strage sensations.   My fatigue has been pretty bad the past few days, but I don't know if it is a symptom or if I'm just tired and stressed from all of this.  
  I go into the Neuro on Thursday.  I hope he can give me a few answers.    
I'm looking forward to your reply.  Thank you

[Quixotic1]

Hi, No, all of your symptoms cannot be due to a pinched nerve at L5.  Above I meant to say that the chiropractor canNOT know that you have apinched  nerve from xrays.

The neurologist really needs the results of the NCS (also called NCV).  Try to make sure whoever did it get the results to him/her or let you pick up the results and take them on Thurs.    I'll try to add more maybe tomorrow.  Today, well....let's just say I'm writing it off.  Q

[skarey]

Hey Quix,
  I want to thank you for all your help and helpful info.  I appreciate it very very much.   I went in today to redo the NCS on my hands/arms.  It came back normal.  So I'm confused why this came back normal while the leg/feet one was abnomal.  My pain seems to be worse in my arms/hands than in my feet!  The Dr said it looked like it was coming from my L5? Does that mean a pinched nerve?  Can a pinched nerve be causing all my nerologic symptoms?  I just have a hard time believeing a pinched nerve could be making me feel so strange and cause such pain.  Anyways go in to the neuro on Thurs.   Thanks again for your help.
  Skarey

[Quixotic1]

Hi, I'm with you in spirit.  Today is a veryweak day and I'm keeping answers to a minimum.  The NCV only shows the function of the nerves from the time they leave the spine to where they end up.  A pure diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy can be made only if they find where the damage begins.  If they are looking to see why your foot is numb or weak, they test from the spine to the toes.  If the nerve is conducting signals fine down to the knee and then messes up, they know the damage is at the knee and is peripheral (beyond the spine).

If all of the signals are messed up from the spine down, the question is whether there is pinching at the level of the spine or if the damage is higher (in the CNS - spine or brain).  In that casde they need to do a SSEP, a SomatoSensory Evoked Potential.  They can use this to trace the signal all the way up to the brain.  If this shows a problem higher than the vertebra then something like MS has to be considered.

The chiro can know that you have a "pinched nerve" by Xrays.  The Xrays can only suggest that there are abnormalities on the bone that "could" pinch nerves.  Only on MRI or the testing I talked about above, can tell this.  Your chiro may have right, but it would have been a lucky guess.

I wish you were so alone.  I'll help with everything I can.  I'll be back on later.  Quix