tabby74

Hi,
I really don't know where to start... I guess I just need to vent about this. Let's see, i'll give you the readers digest version. Since I was a young girl I've had problems with clots in my neck. I didn't know it then, but I had a number of mild TIA's then. As I grew older these faded but turned into a growing blackout problem. My mother took me to a neurologist when I was 14, but he couldn't find anything wrong. Since she held him in such high esteem, we never pursued it. The problem got worse and by my early twenties not only was I blacking out and getting dizzy on a regular basis, I started having seizures as well. I went to neurologists again...no help. Then, I had my son. One week after having him I suffered my first stroke. It wasn't a TIA as the effects lasted for up to a month, but it was mild enough that the ER physician simply told me I was too young, it was probably a headache and hey maybe I was getting Bells Palsy. Yay, no help again. Anyway, this went on for awhile. Then, as my luck would have it, while sitting in traffic one day, a very nice lady rammed into me at 30 mph and I ended up slamming my neck directly onto the spot which i'd always had trouble with. Yay again. From that fun incident I got a bruised brain, whiplash and horrendous pain. I even died, briefly, from it. As luck would again have it, doctors were no help and dismissed any complaints or symptoms I told them of offhand, as I am simply "too young". So, anyway, now I have gone to the doctor, I have gone to the ER, over and over again and I am getting sick of being told I have a headache or a pinched nerve or bells palsy or god know what else. I am sick of of doctors looking at me like a loon if I have the audacity to make a list of my symptoms. I am sick of intellectually lazy physicians, I am sick of having strokes, I am sick of worrying how long I have with my son, I am sick of being in constant pain. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't have the money or the insurance to order up all the tests I need ( as i've had to be my own doc, and research this stuff myself). All I can do is take my baby aspirin, when I remember to (my memory gets worse all the time), stay out of the heat, not over exert myself, and hope for the best. Well, I guess that's it. Not that I expect it, but if anyone has any brilliant ideas, i'd love to hear it... Thanks for reading my rant.