I went to a neurologist appointmnet at the VA. the doctor informed me there is a blood test (DNA test) that wil show if my genes had Moytonic Dystrophy. i have wondered if such genes exist. he said he has to make a special order for the test and they will call me when I can go have the blood test. I asked about the differences between the neurological and muscles in regard to involuntary body movements.
I have found that neurolgists ususally do not like to explain much and are very hard to communicate with. They seem to have rigid views. they are very difficult appointments. i also pointed out that since I lived int he VA in a hospital bed, the nurses that took notes on my conditions had to have written down every things, everything i did and said was recorded in progress notes. They had eye witness accounts of the way my body acts. I said that al lthat information is in my records, which would help detrmine my diagnosis for al my health issues. that is because when you see a doctor he/she only sees you for 10 minutes and most likely wil never see the problems first hand. but, the nurses that cared for me saw most everything, first hand many times.
Any way, I am happy that maybe a blood test will show something. i often lose ocntrol of the movement of my body and it get extremely bad if I leave the house for extended priods of time for more than an house, and go into stores, sometimes I feeel like I will just fall, flail, and get sick... unless I can get home, lay down and rest for sveral hours or days..
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I went to a neurologist appointmnet at the VA. the doctor informed me there is a blood test (DNA test) that wil show if my genes had Moytonic Dystrophy. i have wondered if such genes exist. he said he has to make a special order for the test and they will call me when I can go have the blood test. I asked about the differences between the neurological and muscles in regard to involuntary body movements.
I have found that neurolgists ususally do not like to explain much and are very hard to communicate with. They seem to have rigid views. they are very difficult appointments. i also pointed out that since I lived int he VA in a hospital bed, the nurses that took notes on my conditions had to have written down every things, everything i did and said was recorded in progress notes. They had eye witness accounts of the way my body acts. I said that al lthat information is in my records, which would help detrmine my diagnosis for al my health issues. that is because when you see a doctor he/she only sees you for 10 minutes and most likely wil never see the problems first hand. but, the nurses that cared for me saw most everything, first hand many times.
Any way, I am happy that maybe a blood test will show something. i often lose ocntrol of the movement of my body and it get extremely bad if I leave the house for extended priods of time for more than an house, and go into stores, sometimes I feeel like I will just fall, flail, and get sick... unless I can get home, lay down and rest for sveral hours or days..
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