Tingling Toes
By Immanuel | Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Michelle from Stockton, CA gave this testimony to her 9CP Literature class on September 25, 2009:
You probably wonder why I have "Tingling Toes" as my title. Well it’s because three months ago I was diagnosed with Gillian Barre syndrome. I started noticing it when my toes and just about both of my feet starting tingling and feeling kind of numb. Then it started to get worst. I’d fall periodically at school. I couldn’t walk up a step without my legs shaking and feeling weak. If I was sitting on the ground I couldn’t get back up because my legs would give out if I tried.
Of course we went to the doctor when it first started happening and she suggested we go to a neurologist. Then the neurologist suggested we do an EMG and some blood tests. The EMG was horrible; they put needles in your muscles and shocked you, it was a way to check the reflexes but it was pure torture. You know how it feels when someone shocks you by accident? Well times that by ten an add a needle to it. The neurologist then suggested that I get a spinal tap. Which is, they stick a big needle in your back where I guess you have a sack of spinal fluids and take some? My thoughts were terrified and confused. Needles were not my friend. I am absolutely and utterly terrified of them. After, when I got home I cried but knew I had to do it.
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