jean1038

I just want to tell you I was 37 years old when I went back to school for nursing Im now 49 and I have 6 years of Nursing Exp.. MY ANWERE TO YOUR QUESTION ARE YOU TOO OLD???? NO YOU ARE NOT... if you have the desire and the energy you can make it... Jean:welcome:

:welcome: Hello Karen Im new to this discussion board, but was glad to read someone other than myself have this disease and working as a nurse. I was diagnosed May 2007. My first exascerbation lasted from January 2007 to July 2007, I injured my back at work November 2006 turning a patient that I was preparing to send to CCU.. from then on I began to experience all these neurological problems. I did some research and I brought this information to my doctor and my doctor refused to read it... my doctor said I did not have the disease ( diagnosis without testing) so I changed doctors and all the testing (MRI OF THE BRAIN, EEG, SPINAL TAP, ALL MY NEUROLOGICAL TESTING) all proved that I did have MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. During my 1st exascerbation I was in sooo much pain, I couldnt walk, slurred speech, blindness in my right eye, numbness and tingling down my right side... I had to walk with a walker and/or cane. My new neurologist started me on AVONEX INJECTIONS... Ive been taking these injections since May 2007 and now I am walking talking and I can see again, Ive been pain free for 2months now... I had to give up my old nursing position (during the 9 mos of this attack) But now my doctor says I can return to work... I was afraid to tell the agency about my disease because I thought that would interfere with the hiring process... To say all of this I want you to know you will be okay... Ive been a widow now for 3years I have 4 children... age 29, 25, 19, and 17 and my children helped me a lot during my exascerbation they took good care for me... You will work and be the nurse you worked soo hard to be... and all things will fall into place... just take one day at a time... Sometimes life throws us into a frenzy but it all works out. I will be working starting Sept.2007 with this agency that has placed me in a hospital close to my home... My biggest fear was to start working and find out I could not keep up, but thats not so... Im going to work as a nurse until I cant work as a nurse any more... Keep you head up... Jean