Back At It

I'm back to researching online for whatever this illness that has my mom under its grasp. When I was in California in April and May, it was like nonstop researching. Maybe it's this, then a test would confirm it's not. Possibly it's that, then another test would confirm it's not. Or her symptoms would change. So now, I'm looking at Peripheral Neuropathy...a problem with nerves. Cold intolerance was always her main problems. In the beginning she called them chills, because she felt cold she'd say. So the doctors focused on the word "chills" and tested the common sicknesses that cause chills. But perhaps it was cold intolerance that made her have the chills, as opposed to a sickness like dengue or malaria giving her the chills, which was what the doctors originally thought. So I'm doing more and more research, and some of the tests she needs to have done is the EMG (a test I thought she should have had MONTHS ago), nerve conduction test and a nerve biopsy. Knowing my mom, she is not going to want to take those tests, and frankly I don't blame her. What's the deal with the insurance company? It's been almost a month and a half since the Stanford study was supposed to be submitted to the insurance company and still my stepdad has heard nothing yet. We wouldn't have to go to Stanford if the damn medical community where we live was competant and cared enough to actually do more than what it expected of them.