'I was seen as a young, healthy-looking female in a world tainted by gender bias, no matter how many times I pleaded for help or how many doctors I turned to.' Read KarpLindsay's essay on 13 years of undiagnosed MS
? I wanted to ask if he prescribed vodka for men’s ailments, too. But I clenched my fists and left his office instead.
On my wedding day, I never imagined having to sit while I said my vows, but that’s what I did under the chuppah to conserve energy. Staying seated during the speeches and dinner helped me rest enough to get out on the dance floor for a few songs, even though my body felt as unstable as if I were missing a leg. We skipped going around to all of the guests’ tables because I simply couldn’t do it. It was heartbreaking to realize I wasn’t the bride I’d always imagined I’d be.
I cried in front of my children daily and yelled when they spilled drinks or left toys strewn across the house. Then I’d quickly hug them, remembering I was stressed by my inability to clean these messes and not by their inability to avoid them. The bathroom floor became my respite. It was the one place I could escape the reality of my physical ailments, my children’s demands, and the feeling that I could crumble at any moment.
But then a doctor referred me to a new neurologist. In his office, I wasn’t just a healthy-looking woman — I was a patient who required medical care. For the first time, the lesions on my brain MRI were considered more than just evidence of a migraine. He ordered a lumbar puncture, the test routinely ordered when nonspecific lesions are found. I’d asked about this test many times, but was repeatedly told it wasn’t necessary because brain lesions like mine were normal.
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