I had pins and needles down the left side of my body
And then I lost feeling in my left hand
I couldn’t even look at any lights
It was as if there was a hammer inside my forehead
And I thought I was actually having a heart attack
or a stroke
So I rang a friend of mine and said
I need to go to hospital now
The doctors didn’t seem particularly concerned about my symptoms
as it seemed to be a clear-cut case I was suffering a migraine
They recommended I come off the contraceptive pill
and I took Ibuprofen and drank some caffeine
So a couple of years after my first visit to the hospital
I started to train for the Madrid marathon
that I was going to run with my older brother and my father
And I fell over a couple of times when I was running
After that, I began to have blurred vision in my left eye
and a constant headache
I saw the doctor and because I couldn’t pinpoint exactly what had started first
the blurred vision or the headache
So he seemed to be quite concerned about the fact I may have had a brain tumor
So that was… that was quite scary really
I had a CAT scan and also I had a lot of tests on my eyes
I was in a waiting room in the emergency department in a chair
I was just sitting in a chair waiting to hear my name to be called
and it seemed to be taking ages
So I went to go and ask the nurse that was on duty
She said, 'Oh here’s your report' and she gave me the report
and I just scanned through and at the bottom it said ‘possible diagnosis’
and it said ‘MS’
And also I’ve got a friend from school who was diagnosed with MS when we were 17
and he was already walking with a stick and that was my only contact and only experience I’d had with the illness
So I had an image of him
I just felt completely awful, I felt horrendous
When I went to see the neurologist, I had a 10 minute consultation with him
and he didn’t show me any of my test results
He didn’t show me any of the scans
He just confirmed that it was a migraine with aura
And that was it, that I didn’t have MS
I was utterly convinced that there was something wrong with me
I had a feeling in my leg, in my right leg
as if I had a trapped nerve
Because I couldn’t sleep, my anxiety was completely out of control
What I would do is go out for a run to help me with the anxiety
but then it just worsened the feeling in my leg every time I went out for a run
So I mentioned it to my friend Steve
Steve is a friend of mine but also my running partner
I went with Steve to his friend Manolo’s house
Manolo is a GP and Manolo actually put some pins in my leg and I couldn’t feel it
and Manolo said to me, 'Antonia, I think that you’ve got MS'
And then he said, 'I think you need to go to the hospital now and have all the tests done to see if you have MS'
The neurologist told me that the MRI scan was the test that showed everything to diagnose me with MS or not
So after the MRI scan and the blood tests, I went to a neurologist
The neurologist showed me the MRI scan. He explained that I have relapsing MS
So a period of 4 years had passed between my initial first visit to the hospital
I wanted to know how far the illness had progressed
He showed the scars that I have, the scarring that I have on my brain
I had 5 lesions on my brain
The first line treatment didn’t work for me because I was having awful infections
I put on a lot of weight. I felt really insecure about my body
It really was awful
So after I’d spoken to a friend of mine, she said ‘you have to speak to the neurologist. You have to speak to the neurologist about the symptoms and how you’re feeling’
Which is something I didn’t do until about a year after I started my treatment
And my husband came with me to the appointment. It was really him that was explaining to the neurologist that I wasn't feeling great
The neurologist then said to me that she was going to present my case to the pharmaceutical committee for me to change medicine
2 weeks later, I was on holiday in the north of Spain and I received a phone call from the secretary of the neurology department
and she told me my petition to change my treatment had actually been approved
Since I’ve been taking my treatment, the quality of life has improved and increased ten-fold
I went to the neurologist 2 months ago and I received some results from my most recent MRI scan
and they’ve told me at the moment my illness isn’t active
I feel like I've definitely taken back control of my life
I’ve ran a marathon, I’ve got a new job, I’ve got married and I’m completely planning for a future
The future is bright
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The next day, I got a call from the neurologist we were working with now at NYU.
From the gothamgal.com
So the couple saw a neurologist in Texas where they used to spend their winters.
From the delawareonline.com
It was coordinated by neurosurgeon Steven S. Gill and neurologist Peter Heywood.
From the sciencedaily.com
A neurologist told her at a checkup three days later that she must have fainted.
From the charlotteobserver.com
American pediatric neurologist Donald Lewis apparently couldn't take it anymore.
From the time.com
His availability hinges on passing a test today from an independent neurologist.
From the stltoday.com
According to neurologist Oliver Sacks, such a thing is surprisingly commonplace.
From the halesowennews.co.uk
Then, in 1937, an Italian neurologist called Ugo Cerletti suggested electricity.
From the smh.com.au
Their pediatrician sent them to a neurologist at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
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A medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it
(neurological) of or relating to or used in or practicing neurology; "neurological evidence"
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The Neurologist is a peer-reviewed medical journal, which publishes articles related to neurological diseases, with a focus on clinical aspects.
(Neurologists) diagnose and treat disorders of the nervous system, such as headache, epilepsy, numbness, Parkinson's disease, and loss of movement or memory.
(Neurological) disorders are a group of disorders that involve the central nervous system (brain, brainstem and cerebellum), the peripheral nervous system (including cranial nerves), and the autonomic nervous system (parts of which are located in both central and peripheral nervous system).
(neurological) pertaining to the nervous system.
(Neurological) Having to do with the brain, spinal cord and nerves.
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