I was diagnosed on February 4, 2011 after an episode in December 2010. I returned to work in March after an eleven week stint of short term diability. I also started taking Rebif in March about a week before I returned to work.
My question is, Will I ever have any days where I feel normal again?
MS seems to be almost constantly on my mind. But that may be because the symptoms are always present. I never regained full sensation back in my left hand. It had gotten to the point where I couldn't write or even hold anything in it. Now, the function has returned to about 95% of the way it was before my episode. But the tingling and numbness has never disappeared. I also have tingling in my left jaw. Sometimes my left arm feels like it has 100 pound weights hanging from it. I also have experienced a feeling as if gravity is pulling me down, whether I am sitting or walking. The electric shock or pinching feeling is happening in my upper back now. My nerves seem to be fluttering in my legs and my left shoulder blade.
I can't tell if this medicine is working yet. But it has only been a month now. I just want to feel like I did a few short months ago. I know this thing is not going away. But does it have to be such a constant in my life? I don't which is harder --> fighting depression or fighting MS.
My question is, Will I ever have any days where I feel normal again?
MS seems to be almost constantly on my mind. But that may be because the symptoms are always present. I never regained full sensation back in my left hand. It had gotten to the point where I couldn't write or even hold anything in it. Now, the function has returned to about 95% of the way it was before my episode. But the tingling and numbness has never disappeared. I also have tingling in my left jaw. Sometimes my left arm feels like it has 100 pound weights hanging from it. I also have experienced a feeling as if gravity is pulling me down, whether I am sitting or walking. The electric shock or pinching feeling is happening in my upper back now. My nerves seem to be fluttering in my legs and my left shoulder blade.
I can't tell if this medicine is working yet. But it has only been a month now. I just want to feel like I did a few short months ago. I know this thing is not going away. But does it have to be such a constant in my life? I don't which is harder --> fighting depression or fighting MS.
Physically speaking I’m most of the way back to normal; my only big issue is heat sensitivity. 
Normal is where a line or lines are drawn, and everything beyond is ABnormal.
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