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Originally Posted by greenjeans
Can we share how we go numb? Here's mine:
I woke up on a Monday, and I felt a pain in my back shoulder blade. It bothered me for about two hours. I streached out, and rubbed it. It was centered there and it hurt. I kept moving my neck hoping it would stop. It didn't. Then, as I was on the computer, I noticed that my left thumb went numb. To the point I could not feel anything. That lasted for about a week. Later, it went up to my elbow. Pins and needles. Very annoying. Then it went up under my arm pit and to the shoulder. Stayed like that for days. Then it went to my neck, jaw and face. Then it moved down my left breast, to my stomach area, all on the left side. Thats when I finally freaked out. At its worst, I was fully numb, at its best, it was pins and needles. After 6 weeks of this, it subsided, and worked its way back down in reverse. Finally, about the two month level, it went back to just my thumb to my elbow. Stayed like that for weeks. Finally, and where I am now, is buzzing in both hands and feet, up my legs. It's not normal, that I'm sure of.
That's what brought me to the forums.
How did you go numb?
PS: I had Vertigo, really bad, about a month before this happened, along with cog symptoms, balance issues, trip/falls, miss stairs, drop things that started last summer.
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My numbness began in my left thumb...very minor. Now it encompasses my entire left hand and some of my right.
My neuro is not convinced this is entirely MS. So don't count entirely on that. With the shoulder blade pain or cramp you described it could also be spinal problems, injury or something else. Of course it can also be MS.
It's a matter of eliminating other possibilities.
I've had a dx since 1995. Things have only recently gotten worse and frankly I don't entirely think it's MS. So you never know.
Age (in my case, I'm 63) certainly brings more 'stuff' your way unless you are very, very lucky. Everything from your past comes back to haunt or hurt you (falls, sports injuries, childhood illness, lifestyle, etc.).
So I'm finding out what's what to the best of my ability. Sort of like 'connect the dots'.
Tootsie
