Activity level

[Tigergal]

I know that this disease various from patient to patient but I am curious about how active you were prior to diagnosis. I have read alot of post that indicate that the symptoms shut them down and they cannot function.

How much would a person that has had "MS-like symptoms" for about 3 years still be able to do? Like could they do 6-8 of yard work in the heat?

[SNOOPY]

Hello Tigergal,

Everyone will have a different story about how MS affected them and to what extent. This disease is truely different for everyone.

I have had symptoms of MS since childhood, I learned to not complain and thought what I was experiencing was normal.

By the time I was 24 I had already been married for 4 years. My husband traveled on business quite a bit and when he was gone I would take over mowing.

One day I was mowing and could only make it through half the backyard before my legs got really weak, pins and needles, numb and I felt so tired I went in and took a nap.

I felt better the next day, shrugged off what happened the day before and went out to mow. I had the same exact experience as the day before but it hit much quicker with more symptoms.

Those symptoms increased and more came, in a very short amount of time...scared the crap out of both my husband and myself. I went from PCP to Neurologist (PCP referral) to testing to diagnosis in 3 months.

[Sir-Voor]

Here is a list of famous people with MS, and it includes everyone from poets to Olympic Gold Medalists.

http://www.disabled-world.com/artman...s-famous.shtml

Simply MS does not care if you are famous, wealthy, are active, a scientist, entertainer American or Russian.

And as to doing yard work in the heat, LOL vary few people can do yard work in the heat we have been having lately.

I have been surprised this year by how much I have been able to do, I start Ampyra last year in May and think it took 9+ months before it started helping with my heat intolerance.
My point is don’t give up and assume you never will be able to do yard work in the heat.

[Spydre]

Everyone's MS road is different. As of last year, I was still able to do some outdoor activity for a bit. It wasn't until this year that being out in the heat really knocked me for a loop. It could be that your husband is merely "pushing through" or it could be that he's not having significant problems with the heat.