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> From: Marsden51[SMTP:Marsden51(AT)aol.com]
> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 1998 8:41 PM
> To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
> Subject: Another MRI....
>
>
> I saw my neurologist on Friday. He is scheduling me for another
> MRI--this
> time of my brain. He's gonna see if there is anything in there I
> guess.
> (humming my new theme song "If I only had a brain...."). He asked me
> if I
> planned on retiring from my job and I said yes. He said he mentioned
> it
> because if the MRI shows MS I won't be able to get insurance again and
> I need
> to hang onto what I have. Now there's a real upper, huh? LOL... I
> am
> having numbness in my face and ears, and combined with memory problems
> he
> decided on this MRI. I had a panic attack when I had the first MRI--I
> was
> soooo embarrassed! Then they gave me valium with the second MRI and
> it was
> better. I was stressing out about having to have a 3rd MRI and got
> teary.
> Then I told myself "you've done it before. It's only an hour out of
> your
> life. And it's better than having a baby." That's my new mantra to
> repeat.
>
> I also started on Neurontin last night. I felt like I had slept
> better than I
> could ever remember. But, today I have feel like I was hung over on
> sleeping
> pills, or something. Does anyone else have that problem? I am
> supposed to
> increase to 3 times a day--I don't know if I'll make it if I feel like
> this.
>
> Sharon M. (from Arizona)
>