It is the same thing MS people get. They call it “the MS Hug”, and for them it can be an almost constant annoyance and discomfort, especially when trying to fall asleep.
Dalton > On Jan 26, 2015, at 3:04 PM, Nikki Macleod <nmacleo...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > Hi Iris, > > I also hope it continues. > > Nikki, UK > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 26 Jan 2015, at 20:01, Iris Whiddett <i.whidd...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> Well done Nikki for triggering this flurry of activity on TMIC. I hope it >> continues. >> >> Iris >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On 26 Jan 2015, at 07:56, Nikki Macleod <nmacleo...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I also suffer from 'banding', the neurologist didn't speak about it but I >>> learnt what it was from other people TM had hit. >>> >>> Nikki, UK >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On 26 Jan 2015, at 07:34, Iris Whiddett <i.whidd...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Betty, while in hospital after TM hit, I described this awful discomfort I >>>> was experiencing as feeling like having bands of steel under my skin. The >>>> neurologist said nothing, just looked at me as though I was deranged!! Of >>>> course, I later learned for myself that it was commonly referred to as >>>> banding. >>>> >>>> Iris UK >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>>> On 26 Jan 2015, at 00:25, Betty Shaffer <vasso...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I, too, have banding. When I asked the neurologist about it, he asked, >>>>> "what's that?" >>>>> I tried to explain it to him. >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>> >>>>>> On Jan 25, 2015, at 2:10 PM, Iris Whiddett <i.whidd...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Rob, sorry to hear that things have been so bad for you. Not many >>>>>> speak about banding. In six years I have had some very slight >>>>>> improvement in other areas but the banding is always with me, >>>>>> intensifying with changes in the weather. I have accepted that it is a >>>>>> permanent part of my life. Strangely, it never bothers me when I am in >>>>>> bed. >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Iris UK >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >
