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Paralysis is something they should care about ina quick way.

I have had episodes of paralysis and by the time I made to ER of doc they had faded. So I was send away and the mri's were not all that dramatic to american docs and a little more to the europeans. These attacks were clearly stopped by surgery. Pain is my big plight these days, easy up to level 10, depending on activity level. Sometime I don't have choice, like I left the house and went somewhere and then it hits due to activity and its bad and I need to make it back to home. I have to take very high doses of pain meds and those are not only bad but the docs don't really want to prescribe them due to the severe side effects. It is nerve pain, caused by my spine but the exact biological mechanism is unknown so no remedy. It is hard to find good specialists, especially if you have to deal with an insurance that dictates where you can go, I can only offer you, don't give up. Its not in your head. Sometimes one need to be open to the possibility that the cause is something completely unexpected and there is the doc out there who has seen it or knows his stuff. In places like Stanford the odds are somewhat better so give them a chance and try to help them with good descriptions of the symptoms as that is very important.