How do you know it's time for a wheelchair? Does it come on gradually? Do you just wake up needing one? Is it permanent?
Sometimes my back hurts so bad I can't stand up straight for more than 10 or 15 min at a time without excruciating pain. Either side of my spine below the waist feels like I am being forced to bend until I can no longer stand up straight.I am gasping in pain I can hardly breath. All I can do is sit or lie down.
This pain is fairly new. Only a few weeks. I have reg. back pain some time's but not like this. I can't do my housework, shopping or cooking without sitting down to do it! and that is very difficult to do sometimes.
My legs get weak and burn, then they get cold from the knees down. I feel like I am wearing binding socks and have to touch them to find I'm not wearing anything!
Sometimes if I can't get around enough my feet and legs swell and turn mottled red to deep red. I can't bear to have anything toughing my heel when I am in bed at night. At time's the sides of my heels, up to my ankles feel like the skin is going to tear or crack, like the skin is very tight and hard. And this is when they ARE NOT SWOLLEN...
I do not know any other way to describe it. My husband says he thinks it is spasticity. I have tried to figure out how to explain it to my Neuro next mo. I am taken Baclofen 4 x's a day. I have been feeling bad in other ways also, like being very tired and more confused. Achey and frequent MS Hug's.
I do not want to go to the hosp and leave my husband alone (He is 74 and has some mild cognative issues too). My daughter can't help, she works and cares for my grand-daughter who has Brain cancer and a sm.child.
Sometimes my back hurts so bad I can't stand up straight for more than 10 or 15 min at a time without excruciating pain. Either side of my spine below the waist feels like I am being forced to bend until I can no longer stand up straight.I am gasping in pain I can hardly breath. All I can do is sit or lie down.
This pain is fairly new. Only a few weeks. I have reg. back pain some time's but not like this. I can't do my housework, shopping or cooking without sitting down to do it! and that is very difficult to do sometimes.
My legs get weak and burn, then they get cold from the knees down. I feel like I am wearing binding socks and have to touch them to find I'm not wearing anything!
Sometimes if I can't get around enough my feet and legs swell and turn mottled red to deep red. I can't bear to have anything toughing my heel when I am in bed at night. At time's the sides of my heels, up to my ankles feel like the skin is going to tear or crack, like the skin is very tight and hard. And this is when they ARE NOT SWOLLEN...
I do not know any other way to describe it. My husband says he thinks it is spasticity. I have tried to figure out how to explain it to my Neuro next mo. I am taken Baclofen 4 x's a day. I have been feeling bad in other ways also, like being very tired and more confused. Achey and frequent MS Hug's.
I do not want to go to the hosp and leave my husband alone (He is 74 and has some mild cognative issues too). My daughter can't help, she works and cares for my grand-daughter who has Brain cancer and a sm.child.
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