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[Larry86]

I had my recheck at the doctor yesterday.  I was really relieved because it was late afternoon and my cheeks were flushed and I knew she'd see it and think it was a Malar Rash.  She said it definitely did NOT look like the Malar Rash (Lupus) and she thought it was almost certainly a mild form of Rosacea.  She said it is harmless but will send me to a dermatologist on the 31st so he can look at it.  I also talked to her more about my lupus worries and she said that the tests she did on me basically rules lupus out.  She said the odds of me having lupus are less than 1%.  I told her I still get the aches and pains but she didn't say much about it.  She only asked if I was still going to the mental health department.  When I left, I actually felt rather optimistic, which for me is really saying something.  Then before bed I started feeling some new sensations in my pinkie and ring finger in my left hand.  It's a weird feeling.  Kind of a mix between burning and tingling but I only feel it when I use them, such as turning a steering wheel or something like that.  It's not a bad pain but annoying.  Now today, I feel achy all over once again.  I've also felt sleepy off and on, yawning many times.  At times my legs felt heavy.  This has reignited my MS fears, something I thought I had banished a few years ago.  Oddly, I haven't really thought much about Lupus today.  I have had MS on my mind all day and have even considered the fact that I may have some form of cancer in my body.  Is it possible the doctors just overlooked or missed something?  I've always thought that at almost every doctor visit I've ever been to but this time I seem to be more convinced that I am dying a slow death, unseen to everyone but me.  I know the subject has come up here recently and I have to agree, how on earth can anxiety produce so many symptoms in a body all at once?!?!?  I know it's possible but it's hard to believe.  Very hard.  As far as my MS symptoms, the only ones that are really prevalent are the pains and some burning/tingling sensations that seem to dart around my body.  The fatigue was really quite mild and doesn't happen often.  I don't have any weakness, vision problems or coordination issues.  But what else could be causing this?  Since 1996 I've had this happen occasionally where I get these aches and pains throughout my body and then they eventually go away.   Only once were they awful pains but I suspect that was from an antibiotic called Levaquin that can produce those pains.  It happened right after and lasted for 7-8 days and was so bad I couldn't move a muscle.  These other pains I get are not bad, just very annoying.  Anyway, enough of my whining, I just needed to vent a little.  I go back to the Kaiser Mental Health tonight to meet with my counselor so perhaps he can help me get a grip on things.   

Larry86 (total hypochondriac)

[mommy_2_4_babies]

We are always here if you need to vent i am glad that she said it was rosacia so I am sure that puts u at ease 

[Pan]

I had my recheck at the doctor yesterday.  I was really relieved because it was late afternoon and my cheeks were flushed and I knew she'd see it and think it was a Malar Rash.  She said it definitely did NOT look like the Malar Rash (Lupus) and she thought it was almost certainly a mild form of Rosacea.  She said it is harmless but will send me to a dermatologist on the 31st so he can look at it.  I also talked to her more about my lupus worries and she said that the tests she did on me basically rules lupus out.  She said the odds of me having lupus are less than 1%.  I told her I still get the aches and pains but she didn't say much about it.  She only asked if I was still going to the mental health department.  When I left, I actually felt rather optimistic, which for me is really saying something.  Then before bed I started feeling some new sensations in my pinkie and ring finger in my left hand.  It's a weird feeling.  Kind of a mix between burning and tingling but I only feel it when I use them, such as turning a steering wheel or something like that.  It's not a bad pain but annoying.  Now today, I feel achy all over once again.  I've also felt sleepy off and on, yawning many times.  At times my legs felt heavy.  This has reignited my MS fears, something I thought I had banished a few years ago.  Oddly, I haven't really thought much about Lupus today.  I have had MS on my mind all day and have even considered the fact that I may have some form of cancer in my body.  Is it possible the doctors just overlooked or missed something?  I've always thought that at almost every doctor visit I've ever been to but this time I seem to be more convinced that I am dying a slow death, unseen to everyone but me.  I know the subject has come up here recently and I have to agree, how on earth can anxiety produce so many symptoms in a body all at once?!?!?  I know it's possible but it's hard to believe.  Very hard.  As far as my MS symptoms, the only ones that are really prevalent are the pains and some burning/tingling sensations that seem to dart around my body.  The fatigue was really quite mild and doesn't happen often.  I don't have any weakness, vision problems or coordination issues.  But what else could be causing this?  Since 1996 I've had this happen occasionally where I get these aches and pains throughout my body and then they eventually go away.   Only once were they awful pains but I suspect that was from an antibiotic called Levaquin that can produce those pains.  It happened right after and lasted for 7-8 days and was so bad I couldn't move a muscle.  These other pains I get are not bad, just very annoying.  Anyway, enough of my whining, I just needed to vent a little.  I go back to the Kaiser Mental Health tonight to meet with my counselor so perhaps he can help me get a grip on things.   

Larry86 (total hypochondriac)

I would suggest that the likelyhood is anxiety combined with a somatization disorder....that will account for all you are feeling.

No weakness, vision problems or coordination problems you say.....they are all the things that the clinical tests focus on for the reason that they are what generally indicate MS and not the other vague stuff.