Hi all. I fell back in August and tore my ACL and meniscus. Had surgery in September. I have had very weak arms since just before surgery. I figured the 6 weeks of non weight bearing just sort of fatigued me. My grip is non existent and sometimes my arms (especially left) became so fatigued I had to rest after just getting dressed. I’ve just been dealing with it and figured it would go away. My main concern was rehabbing my knee so I could get back to work. I’m a nurse and required to be full strength before I work again.

Fast forward to Jan 2nd. I woke up in morning to go to bathroom. I noticed I was seeing double and I felt ridiculously fatigued all over. I used the restroom and couldn’t get off the toilet. Saw my primary care doctor that day. Blood work done and MRI scheduled. She first used the term MS. Blood work was normal except my vitamin D was severely deficient and my two inflammatory markers were very elevated. MRI was Thursday. I received a call from my doctor and the MRI shows changes to the brain consistent with MS, among other things. Urgent referral placed to neurologist. I’ve researched this guy and he seems to specialize in MS so that’s good.

I’ve decided to go back and write down all my symptoms and keep a running journal of my daily problems so he can see what I’ve been dealing with. I have a few questions to ask him but I’m so shocked by all of this that sometimes I can’t think.

Do you have anything you think I should ask, or anything you wish you had asked the first time?

Thank you for reading and responding. And thank you to this subreddit. The ACL subreddit got me through that hurdle and now I’m here ready for this one.