I havent really been crocheting and knitting that much lately. Havent felt all that great. Before my hand went numb, I started a really easy crochet poncho, that I got a good bit done on before the numbness hit...now I cant even get thru an entire round of the pattern before my hand starts to hurt more.

I just tried knitting on a simple garter stitch scarf...it's only 30 stitches wide. I got about halfway thru one row before my hand started to hurt. Usually I can deal with numbness, but this is seriously screwing around with my favorite hobby.

I tried some neurontin today, to see if that would help the itching arm-on-fire sensations, but didnt notice anything helping it. Took some ibuprofen, didnt help much.

I even tried some capsaicin ointment on the burning spots...that actually seemed to help a little bit.

I'm just getting tired of the MS screwing around with me this summer. I'm still waiting to see what the "remitting" part of the Relapsing Remitting MS is like. Right now it's more like Relapsing Repeatedly MS.

It really sounds like it could be ulnar nerve entrapment. You should look into that before you just resign yourself that it is the MS. It's easy to blame it on MS, but it could still be something easier to fix!

yeah, I'm thinking I'm going to call the neuro's office and see if one of them can look at my arm. (my regular neuro is off this week)

My fingers are cold this morning. My arm is itching like crazy. Fingers hurt.

My right hand has been like this for nearly two years now. It's just permanent nerve damage from one of my severe flares.

At first my hand was useless but I've learned how to use it again.....somewhat. I don't dare trust myself to hold anything in it like a glass, though. I've learned to write legibly again....but that's arguable. I'm not sure everyone can read my writing.

I just use it as much as I can but towards the end of the day my hand is really throbbing and I have what feels like electric shocks in the ends of my fingers.

It's not pleasant.....but it's what I have to deal with so I just figure out a way.

This better not be permanent.

I called the neuro's office, just waiting for one of them to call me back now. I wish my regular neuro was working this week. (I think he's semi-retired, he's a zillion years old.)

It seems like all the numbness starts at the elbow. That's where the pain seems to be coming from too.

If the numbness starts from the elbow, I doubt it is spinal lesion causing this or it would be the whole arm. Google ulnar nerve entrapment - it usually starts at the elbow where the ulnar nerve can get compressed.

My right hand has been doing this since March. it's just my ring finger and my middle finger all the way down to my elbow. But, since steroids don't work for me, the neuro says there is nothing she can do about it. You might try an NSAID, they seem to work a little better than the standard ibuprofin.