Hi Karyn, Welcome to the forum here - I hope the advice you get will make sense and help you with the next steps.
You really should back up here and talk to your family doctor about the symptoms you have been experiencing and you and your family''s medical history. The CT scan will not be of use with looking for MS, it really does need to be an MRI.
Welcome again- feel free to get in touch with more questions if you have them,
Lulu
Demyelinating lesions, one of the hallmark symptoms of MS really don't show up on CT. It really requires an MRI to see them. So your Dr or a Neirologist can prescribe that. As far as seeing an eye doctor, optometrists are fine for glasses, but if you have any issue that might be related to a disease of the eyes, you really need to see an ophthalmologist. May of us on the forum have had Optic Neuritis, and in that case, we may have vision issues that can not be corrected with glasses, and optometrists are not really trained to deal with this kind of neurovision issue.
Bob
Well it was urgent care...they did the ct scan their and said the radiologist at the hospital looks at it and then calls their office with the results. I have not been to my regular dr yet. I guess I have just been putting it off. I just assumed since the urgent care dr said the ct scan looked good I was in the clear. But the symptoms have gotten more frequent and not gone away like I thought. I do have an appt w the eye dr jan. 18th though.
If you were being seen for headaches and had a CT scan, I wonder if you all ready have a Neurologist. If so, you might want to request an appointment. If not, I agree with daisy.girl and you should go through you Primary Care Doc.
Hi Kailes and welcome....
Have you been to your regular PCP for any of these symptoms? I would start there and see what they say. Your symptoms do sound neurological and considering the family history, I wouldn't just ignore it.
There are many things that mimic MS,.....and it requires a lot of blood work and testing to rule out or rule in MS. Try not to worry yourself, and just get an appointment to go over your symptoms, your PCP will send you to a neurologist if they feel it necessary.
Merry Christmas!
I forgot to add I also have and on and off weird sensation in my left ribs...like a stitch or an ache...hard to describe...but it happens on and off during the day. Not hugely painful but does make me stop and think like hmm...that's not comfortable.