I Got a Referral to a Specialist!!!

I just got back from seeing my regular doctor. He is referring me to a PhD and MS Specialist at the University of Kentucky hospital. Dr. Kausaukis, the new Neurologist, has been in the MS field for many, many years and is really into the research end of it. I'm so hopeful at this point!

The only downfall about seeing him is that I will probably get stuck seeing some of his residents sometimes since he is in a teaching practice at a teaching hospital. That is OK with me, though. The way I see it, the more eyes looking at what's going on with me, the better the chance to figure out what is going on.

Anyway, I asked Dr. Hutchinson if I had been tested through my bloodwork for things like Diabetes, Lupus, etc. He said that I was tested for those things and that it all came back normal. So those are a few things we can check off of our list.

I also asked him about my Epstein Barr Virus - if that played into the equation any. He acknowledged that there is a connection of some form between MS and EBV, but he said that my EBV alone would not cause symptoms like the ones that I have at this time.

The only thing that angered me about my conversation with Dr. Hutchinson today was that he mentioned that Dr. Cooper, the old Neurologist, was his "good friend" and that he was "very smart." Indeed, that may be true, but it angers me that Dr. Hutchinson didn't take my symptoms seriously enough to begin with that he just threw me in with his good buddy rather than taking into consideration what I needed at that point. It could have saved me a lot of time and emotional outbursts...

Oh well...I'm just waiting for the call back now to see when my appointment will be. Dr. Hutchinson's office will be calling to make me an appointment. Let the fun begin...again.