Nearly Four Months, No Answers

[cacklebunny]

Up until mid January of 2005, I was a healthy male of 35 years with no prior major illnesses.  Around December of 2004, I first noticed some "twinge"-like sensations in my left temple and I experienced periodic eye strain.  I visited an optometrist, who found nothing other than myopia (-1.50 in both eyes).  She did off-handedly mention "scarring" in the back of my right eye, as though from a past trauma.

In mid January, the twinge sensations continued and I had a CT scan (w/o contrast) done, which proved negative.  A week later, I awoke to my alarm clock and when I suddenly shot my neck forard to look at it, I immediately experienced sensations of whiplash --sudden stiffness in the neck with pain when trying to turn to the left or right.  The stiffness continued for a couple days and gradually wore off, but was soon replaced by tingling in the finger tips of both hands and the toes on both feet, plus tinnitis.

I had an MRI done of the cervical spine which found a "small central disc herniation at c3-4 without evidence of cord compression; a "minimal diffuse disc bulge without compression" at c4-5; and a "minute central disc protrusion without compression" at c5-6.  This was likely all due to a few moderate car accidents. The doctor, however, did NOT believe these neck injuries could be causing my tingling in my toes. Still, he recommended an epidural steroid injection in my neck.

As the days progressed, so did my worsening symptoms.  Soon after being prescribed a weeklong, tapered dose of Prednisone, (my story continued below)

[cacklebunny]

Hi Anci:

Sorry to hear about your 9-year-old issues.  How long have you been seeing this neuro?  How many second opinions have you tried?  Was a brain and spine MRI performed to determine if there were any lesions?

Do you notice a loss of taste sensation along with your tongue tingling issues?