Hi I'm 30 yrs old, married for 2yrs with a 12 yr old step daughter, three cats and a snake. i was dx with MS about 8 yrs ago. I've only had one major attack and two or three relapses/attacks. My first was pretty bad. I ended up with my entire right side being numb and paralyzed. I was in the hospital for about a week and they had the MS dx within 3 days. I fully recovered 6 months later with no use of steroids. It was the scariest time in my life! After that I joined a med. study for teriflunomide, I was on it for a few years but got tired of blood work every two weeks and seeing the doctors so much so I withdrew from the study. After that it was pretty smooth sailing, some permanent tingling in my hands and in the rest of my body. Then a few weeks ago I had another attack/relapse where my left hand was painfully sensitive to everything and some incoordination in my hand and arm, it progressed to having a numbness/tingling sensation on my neck and weakness in my arms. I was put on steroid treatment but I haven't tolerated it well. so here I am off work for the third week and feeling like I'm high all the time (not in a good way lol) this last relapse has made me realize I really don't have a good support network (other than my amazing family).
Thanks for listening to my ramblings
Thanks for listening to my ramblings
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