And the winner is.....

Hopefully I had the last medical appointment today for my "problem." I saw a neurologist today who has diagnosed me with "benign essential tremors." What the hell....? According to this doctor (the fifth medical appt. in two weeks!) I am experiencing a medical condition in which the gross motor nerves (?)....muscles (?)...are having a tiff. The ones that control side to side movement are battling with the ones that control up and down movement. Oh. And the cause? There is no known cause. And the treatment...take two pills a day and call me in two months.

I guess I should be grateful. Dr. S says I have the bloodwork of an 18 year old Olympic athlete and from all indications my heart will keep pumping until I'm at least 110. I am neither diabetic nor hypoglycemic. The ENT specialist says I am not hypoxic. The EMG says I don't have any neuromuscular diseases, carpal tunnel, pinched nerves or degenerative conditions. And now the neurologist says this is not a major problem. Guess what...it is for me. Seriously, I am grateful for a relatively clean bill of health, but why are my gross motor skills degenerating and why can't anybody make it go away? I am clearly not in "perfect condition" and it's getting pretty damned frustrating that no one can seem to suggest a remedy that offers hope and doesn't involve flooding my body with even more chemicals than I am already ingesting!

Thank goodness this blog can be typed...my handwriting looks like crap!