I would like to write my story, but in some kind of relapse. My feet hurt so bad and they never have before. Has anyone gone to a pain specialist? Thanks Susan in Phoenix, AZ On Apr 28, 2013, at 2:39 AM, Janet Dunn <j.d...@shaw.ca> wrote:
> I woke up one morning in late August 2004 and my right leg was tingling and > numb, like I had a muscle knot. I went to the chiropractor, the massage > therapist, and the rolfer - and none of them could change the feeling. The > numbness increased, as did the banding (now I know what that is!) and the > pain in my legs. In mid-September I went to my doctor and mentioned it to > him - he said I was overreacting when I mentioned the possibility of MS. Ok, > whatever. In October I realized that I had no feeling on the right side of > my body - so the doc finally sent me for an MRI. The results came back that > I had MS. Huge panic for the doc - put me in the hospital and gave me > prednisone. That didn't help. I was sent to the MS clinic in Vancouver > (800 miles away) - they told me to go home and rest. Symptoms continued to > worsen, and finally in 2006 I had a spinal tap - and the diagnosis of TM. > > Here I am almost nine years later - managing the pain, and the numbness and > the burning, and the . . . and the . . . - I know that you can fill in the > blanks. I am working full time - at great expense to my body and my fatigue > - but I have no choice as I am a walking wounded. On bad days I use a cane, > on worse days I stay in bed, and on good days I am so grateful. > > The lesion is at T4-5 > > Of course the diagnosis is idiopathic TM - but interestingly enough about a > month earlier I fell out of the back of a pickup truck (after using an > outhouse in the back of the truck while partying with the seniors - be > careful when partying with seniors!) and broke my wrist. To this day I > believe the blunt force trauma of hitting the ground that hard - the stairs > collapsed - contributed or caused the TM. > > I have had no further attacks, but I do have some excruciating days. > > Janet > BC Canada > <j_dunn.vcf>
