Re: Thanks for helping me figure this out

Have you had your thyroid thoroughly checked--not just blood work? Also, an MRI
is only one test to determine if you have MS--there are other electrical studies
that are normally done to fully rule out MS.

Good luck, YMMV,

Nancy

On 9 Dec 2005 07:17:50 -0800, "Irina" <driggs_0072@xxxxxxxxx> etched permanently
into the ether:

>Thanks to your group (and via Google searches) I think I finally know
>what's wrong with me, after not understanding it for YEARS.
>
>I had shingles in my 20s and ever since have had recurring bouts of
>localized skin sensitivity--can't bear even the sensation of my clothes
>touching the skin in the areas that are bothering me. It feels like
>touching skin that has been burned; also similar to the same itchy,
>irritating sensations caused by scratchy wool clothing. Mostly my
>problems occur in the same areas where I originally had shingles--in a
>"vest" around my upper torso--but this week I suddenly am having a
>problem with the area surrounding my left hip.
>
>Now that I've read through a lot of the posts here some of these
>symptoms I've always had seem to "come together":
>· Shingles
>· Recurring skin sensitivities/pain
>· Lactose intolerance not allowing me to get calcium from milk
>· VERY slow-growing hair (calcium and magnesium deficiencies?)
>· Inability to focus or concentrate
>· Problems sleeping--no matter what position I lay in, I can't get
>comfortable
>· Stiffness and pain walking, like I don't have complete control over
>my legs
>
>One doctor thought I might have MS and sent me for an MRI, which came
>back that I did not have MS...and the discussion kinda ended there.
>
>I wonder if anyone else here has the same problem with hair growth I
>do? I literally have not had more than 1/2 inch trimmed from my hair,
>once a year, for the last 20 years and yet my hair is barely past my
>shoulders. My hairdresser says she's never seen anything like it!
.

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