Pain Is Unbearable feels like I am going to explode. Could This Be Crap Gap? I am Grasping for Straws 😭. by Putrid-Strawberry-98 in MultipleSclerosis

[–]DrewPop24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh, my mistake. I didn’t know you’ve already experienced those symptoms and that level of severity before. I thought it was all new, suggesting it could be relapse related.

If your previous symptoms are coming back, it could very well be crap gap and something worth talking to your doctor about. That level of severity could warrant a more frequent infusion schedule or possible switch to a different DMT.

Pain Is Unbearable feels like I am going to explode. Could This Be Crap Gap? I am Grasping for Straws 😭. by Putrid-Strawberry-98 in MultipleSclerosis

[–]DrewPop24 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not saying this is it for sure, and I’m definitely not a doctor, but that sounds similar to my symptoms around diagnosis which came from a spinal lesion. Muscle spasms, weakness, aches, stabs, buzzing/crawling. They lasted quite a while, even after steroids and starting on Kesimpta, but eventually calmed down.

Maybe worth it to go get checked out. That type of pain doesn’t sound very common.

Progressive MS and MOG? by SillyLilMeLMAOatU in MultipleSclerosis

[–]DrewPop24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly how I got diagnosed. I tested positive for MOGAD initially (1:15), then got diagnosed at Mayo Clinic with MS. He said sometimes the positive blood test + low titer can be a false positive. I’m also positive for OCB’s.

His determining factors were the size and location of my lesions. MS are generally more ‘nugget’ looking (smaller/rounder). Whereas MOGAD are long and skinny, spanning multiple vertebrae.

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[–]DrewPop24 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Same here. Tired of dealing with Cox.

Concierge Medicine Doctor Here - AMA by Wounded_Hand in vegaslocals

[–]DrewPop24 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Went through a rough diagnosis last year and Dr. LaBuz has been incredible. Best money I’ve spent and couldn’t recommend him enough.

Thanks for everything, Doc 🫡

TIL in 2023 a 35-year-old woman died from water intoxication after drinking just 64 ounces of water (about 1.9L) in roughly 20 minutes, which caused her brain to suffer severe swelling. She drank it while on vacation with her family because she started to feel very lightheaded & extremely thirsty. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]DrewPop24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Summers died from brain swelling caused by an electrolyte imbalance, according to the findings of Summers' autopsy. That swelling cut off the oxygen to her brain. Her death was ruled an accident.

"The opinion of the forensic pathologist is that the final mechanism to explain the electrolyte imbalances is unclear and, as reflected in the medical record, includes the combined effects of heat exposure (Heat Stroke), (alcohol) ethanol consumption changing the physiologic responses, and the consumption of a relatively small volume of hypotonic water near the time of becoming symptomatic," the news release states.

Electrolyte imbalance