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Georgetown, KY

When I first was diagnosed my legs and feet where so numb and tingling. I have taken different medicines and it has my my legs feel better but it has never left my feet. Has anyone else had this problem? I'm worried I'm just stuck like this. Thanks

September 15, 2015
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C@CatinaAdkins: don't give up!! There is always hope! I have been doing physical therapy for about three years now. Lifting weights (on machines only, don't trust my grip enough for free weights), and one day out of the blue it felt like I'd pulling something in my leg! That was my first sensation in over a decade! It was the best, most amazing thing I'd ever felt! Better than losing my vorginity. Seriously!! When you have no feeling forever and then all the sudden you have pain where you had just a peg leg, you want more pain! I actually increased the weight and lifted for another half hour!

There is always hope! Yeah I have some foot drop but I'm still walking!

September 16, 2015
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I'll be honest with you. The numbness feels like its never going away. My left leg was numb below the knee for about.... Oh.... 16 years! It went from normal, to pins and needles (like it fell asleep) to completely numb. Stayed that way for a long, LONG time! Then one day the pins and needles came back! Then they went away again after about a month. Now I have full sensation in both legs. My left leg is still a bit less sensitive but I can feel it! I have a little bit of a limp, but it's not a deal breaker!

Don't think that once something goes away it is never coming back! Because, to quote Forest Gump.... Life is like a box of... Well you know the rest...

September 16, 2015
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Catrina, my legs have stabilized pretty much. I have a limp and some foot drop on the left, but its nothing unmanageable. I don't wish this on anyone, but honestly if you have to pick an illness with as many syllables as Multiple Sclerosis, then MS would be my choice every time! Over the various cancers, all the "nomas," Muscular Dystrophy...

September 16, 2015
A MyMSTeam Member

I haven't had any numbness in my feet but in my finger tips. I experienced spasms in my hands and I couldn't move my hands. I lost all motor skills. Since I've been on Texfidera, I have not had another episode.

September 16, 2015
A MyMSTeam Member

I think I agree, and I'm glad that mine is tending to be in my feet and legs. I have seen so many stories of blindness. That really scares me

September 16, 2015

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