My timeline

October 2005

• Severe back pain all over my back nothing would relieve it.  Lasted 1 week.

• Hip pain worst on the left side.

January 2006

• Severe back pain returns.  

• Back spasms.  

March 2006

• Back pain returns.  It is even worse. It would spasm and burn.  It hurt so bad I could not even sit or stand up.  I had to have assistance from my husband a number of times just so I could get home. This lasted for a little over 2 months almost 3.

• Tingling from the waist down.

• Trembling of hands when doing sensitive work

• Started Flexoril for back spasms.

• Tests were done for Lupus, Mono, Shingles, Hepatitis C, and there may have been more.  All were negative.

April 2006

• The back pain is continued from March 2006.

• Tingling in the legs has spread to arms right side then left side.

• I felt a tightness around my torso making it difficult to breath. This came and went for a couple of months.

• I felt disoriented and my brain would feel fuzzy (confused). This lasted a few days.

• Went to ER found out allergic to Flexoril

• Tried Soma found out allergic

• Had an MRI of Brain, C, T, and L spine.  First Neuro said it was clean.  Reports from radiologist mostly stated clean with one bulging disc.  CT scans were also done.

May 2006

• Back Pain still continued from March

• Tiredness.  I constantly wanted to sleep and did not have much energy to do things.

• Started Gabapentin given by first neuro. This seemed to relieve a lot of the back pain and tingling.

• Symptoms gone by end of may mid June


July 2006

• Tightness in chest on and off.  Made breathing difficult

• Became pregnant.

• Fainted or passed out a few times

• Symptoms left by Mid Aug

March 2007

• Child Born

May 2007

• UTI

July 2007

• Back pain and spasms. Burning sensation in my back.

• Tingling from waist down

• Trembling of hands when doing sensitive work

• UTI

March 2008

• Back pain, spasms and burning sensation returns. Back became tender to the touch,

• Tingling from the waist down.

• Hip pain (left side) acted up.

April 2008

• Symptoms from March continue.

• UTI

• Treated with prednisone. Took for 1 week. Didn’t help

May 2008

• Symptoms from March continue.

• Tingling in legs spread to back and arms.

• Leg pain (worse on right side). Sensitivity to touch in the legs, especially right hamstring. Legs constantly felt stiff and sore like I had run marathon.  I thought I would collapse between how weak they felt and the pain. Lasted 1 week.

• Pain in my arms (worse on the right side) Arms felt heavy and tired (worse on the right) Pain in my right elbow. Pain in hands so severe that I could not type or play piano. Still occurring off and on, but originally lasted for a week straight.

• Major fatigue. Much worse that last time.  Rest would not reduce it.  Relaxing did not help.  Wanted so much to fall asleep but could only stay asleep for a couple hours at a time.  

• Inability to multitask like a used too.  Can’t find the word I need.  Harder time focusing on a task.

• Xrays of my back were done and nothing was found.

• Given Arthrotec and Lyrica.  Took for 3 days before my GP took me off of it. Went back onto my Gabapentin.

• Symptoms lessened at the end of May.  Most have left completely some are still there but less intense. (This Note Written June 14 2008)
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Mid-July 2008

• Tingling all over and now in my neck.

• Vision problems ( it seems hard to focus my vision, like blurry or moving vision)

• Burning back legs hands. The burning is getting worse in the feet (new)

• Joints hurt all over (hands, elbows, knees)

• Weakness

• Fatigue

• Loss of coordination.  It feels like the floor is moving around when I walk sometimes.  Hand eye coordination makes it harder to do things.  I went to sit down on toilet and almost completely missed it.

Before 2005 I was very active.  I ran Cross Country and Track in high school.  My freshman year of college I ran a half marathon with my mother.  I was running that fall.  I went to school full time and worked part time.  I was in really good shape and could function really well on little or no sleep. Now everything has chan