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wkgmom
11-23-2004, 11:52 PM
:rolleyes: hi. i'm new to this board and have all sorts of questions. i haven't been dx with ms but my neuro suspects i may have it. for the past few days my left leg and foot have been tingling, numb, cold, sharp stabbing pains and difficult to move. my foot feels like a big blob on the end of my leg. does this sound familiar to anyone? i'm seeing my family dr in 2 days and my neuro on dec. 16.
If anyone has experienced this is there any medication that you can take to relieve these symptoms? I would appreciate hearing from anyone who can offer any insight to this very frustrating problem.

thanks :confused:

P.S. (my cousin has relapsing-remitting and has several permanent disabilities from the ms.)

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Jewel2
11-27-2004, 10:47 PM
Hi,
Welcome to the forum. Sorry I missed your post earlier. I couldn't get onto these boards for a couple of days earlier this week and am finally catching up to some of the posts.

I don't have MS myself, so I'm sorry I can't really answer your questions from a personal perspective. My 24 year old daughter and my mother have MS.

I hope you stick around and glean from other people here.

Take care,
Julie

MistkRed3383
11-28-2004, 06:39 PM
I know how stressed out you can be. I started showing symptoms of MS when I was 16 but wasn't dx untill I was 18. The symptoms you describe sound similar to mine, but keep in mind that this disease can be really different for different people. I hope the best for you and I'm here if you need to talk.

kattweetybird
11-28-2004, 06:53 PM
I had the same symptoms, the only way to find out for sure is to have a MRI as soon as possible, My ms is moving very quickly, do not let them do a spinal tap, they can go either way. The best test I had was a MRI Spec a new test done in Orlando. Good luck god bless.

gojz
11-28-2004, 08:45 PM
:rolleyes: hi. i'm new to this board and have all sorts of questions. i haven't been dx with ms but my neuro suspects i may have it. for the past few days my left leg and foot have been tingling, numb, cold, sharp stabbing pains and difficult to move. my foot feels like a big blob on the end of my leg. does this sound familiar to anyone? i'm seeing my family dr in 2 days and my neuro on dec. 16.
If anyone has experienced this is there any medication that you can take to relieve these symptoms? I would appreciate hearing from anyone who can offer any insight to this very frustrating problem.

thanks :confused:

P.S. (my cousin has relapsing-remitting and has several permanent disabilities from the ms.)

gojz
11-28-2004, 08:53 PM
Dear Working Mom: I have worked in the MS category for several years and found that early diagnosis and an MRI is the best focus anyone suspecting they may have MS can do. "Suspecting" you may have MS is different from diagnosing that you "do' have MS. Only a qualified neurosurgeon can tell you this. The sooner you request a full MRI scan with all appropriate tests for potential MS, the better. Do not let the potential of having MS drag on. Get the tests and find out. RRMS is a silent disease...and the sooner you are on therapy...the better. Let your Doctor guide you on which therapy is best. But from all that I have studied and learned, go for the most aggressive therapy from the start. Talk to other MS patients in your Doctor's patient group if he allows that. Join all the MS support groups that each of the therapies have. Find an MS nurse who will work with you throughout the early process and finally, talk to everyone about what might be causing your MS; look at the locale you are living in with regards to environmental hazards, water quality, everything...read all that you can...and work with your Neuro Physician to make the right choices. I hope this is helpful.





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