About 6 years ago, playing badminton, I took a fierce shot and felt something in my neck snap. The pain that followed was the sort you get if you wake with a stiff neck. I saw my GP and was prescribed Naproxen. The pain did not go. I went back and was referred to physio for a short time. It did not help but I felt I was basically being told its a muscle injury get on with it so I tried. The pain got worse. I returned to GP, more pain killers, more phyio. This went on until I finally got depressed. The pain had now started to travel down my arm and leg on the right side of my body. I went to physio again. This time I explained all the symptoms and how its affecting me. The whole of my right feels heavy. I cannot lift my leg high without extreme effort. I cannot lift my right arm without extreme effort. I struggle in the home with stairs or general mobility and I have bowel problems constipation or going to the toilet before I feel it as well as sudden need to urinate. During this time I started to get tingling in my face, struggling to find words if I concentrate and dribbling in the night. I have also not had a period since May (age 46). I was referred to extended scope physio. She noted some neurological signs including lowered reflexes in the right, lower pulse in the right foot and uncontrolled eye movements. I was referred to neurologist. They did a full spine MRI, brain MRI and EEG. All came back normal. I have now been discharged. I cannot claim for help as there is no evidence of my condition that I live with every day. My partner and son don't want to 'care' for me (they are as fed up as I am) 2 years ago I was still managing to exercise but this is now not the case. I feel unsupported and no way forward. Anxiety has not been mentioned but could it be as simple as that? Would it, could it, affect just one side of the body?
Sometimes diagnosis are clinically detectable with time such as Parkinson’s. Ask your neurologist for a datascan… good luck.
excuse my if ignorance, what’s a datsscan