by SuziQ on February 9th, 2006, 10:44 am
CJH,
Thanks for posting, I so appreciate your story. I'm a nurse and my symptoms were more weakness and tingling than twitching so I had myself terrified about MS several times over the past 8 years.
You are right, we in health care are far from immune, if anything we've seen and know too much, plus we figure why would we be exempt just because we've treated folks afflicted with all manner of horrible diseases?
I'm semi-retired (I work part time for an hmo,) but I've had my share of exposure to enough people with bad stuff (not really *LS so much, but certainly MS,) that I can fully relate to what you are saying. I drove my doctor-friend buggy making him order me every conceivable test, so certain was I that they were missing something. In addition, most of the neuros I encountered had never heard of bfs, so it wasn't even suggested as a viable dx in my case until the bitter end, after I had driven myself and all of my friends, family members and physicians insane, lol. I had to diagnose myself after reading "bfs in a nutshell." I've been virtually symptom free ever since.
It does help us to see our patients, and people in general in a more compassionate light, doesn't it though?
I'm glad you found us, welcome...the people here are beyond friends...they are family.
Blessings,
Sue