I went yesterday with my daughter thrift store shopping. I knew at one point, I was done, very tired. But my daughter begged that we go to just one more store.

I woke up this morning, and can barely walk. My hip is killing me.

Can anyone explain how this is MS related?

Also, if I walk up a fight of stairs, I am so out of breath, my heart rate increases, and my legs feel like jello.

I guess I am trying to figure, how are these related to MS?

I dont know how, but it happens to me too.

If I dont do the basics and get home to rest, I cant function for days.

I believe it's fatigue. It happens to me sometimes. It feels like I'm dragging around 50 pound weights on my legs.

The pain in your hip, in my opinion, has to do with your walking gait. I've noticed that my gait has definitely changed and, in an effort to keep my balance, I tend to walk with my feet farther apart than normal. As a result, my hips tend to get more of a work out than usual. Now....if this would result in a loss of inches in that area I wouldn't complain.... but so far it hasn't.

I hope you feel better soon. It stinks when we can't do the things we used to.

With MS you can have very low levels of energy, you must rest. The 'Spoons Theory' describes this very well. Your Daughter needs to be more understanding.

I wish others could be more understanding, but to others it's such a small thing and they just don't get that it's such a big thing to us. Idiot that I am, I push myself past the point to act as others expect of me and I know better. Yet I do it over and over again. My kids are off from college and although I will miss them, I look forward to after next week when I can follow MY schedule and stop pushing past my limits to make them not worry about me. Maybe it's hard for moms not too.

yes...kicker, that is exactly what I do. I don't want my kids to see me differently, so I push myself to do stuff. My daughter that wanted to go to one more thrift store is 14 years old. She has sooooooooo much energy, that it hard for her to understand that I get exhausted so easily.

Kicker and Daisy......I totally understand and I do the same thing. My boys are grown.....27 and 23.....but they forget that Mom's slow and sometimes I get left behind. Literally!

When they get way ahead of me I just continue walking at my pace knowing they'll eventually look back and realize that I'm not there! That's what it takes for them to understand. Not me pushing myself to keep up....but me going at my own comfortable pace and them slowing down to stay in step with me. I tell them if they want to go faster I'll catch up but I can't do the marathon walking through the mall anymore.

In a way I'm glad they don't understand.....I just want them to be able to do the things I can't. If someone has to have this crappy disease I'd rather it be me than them.

The days of my pushing myself beyond my limits is over, since my kids are grown and DH has passed. Although I do go a little over my limit for my Grands.....but not as much as I'd like to do.

It's not so much exhaustion as it is, just cannot do it anymore.

You're doing great Daisy, when my girl was 14, she was driving me to fatigue, every day, too.

My boys drove me to fatigue when they were teenagers, too, and I didn't even have MS back then (that I knew of)!

When I'm feeling bad, telling myself my kids are fine helps me. When I taught Emotionally Disturbed Teens, many simmering with anger at Parents who were suppose to love them but instead gave them physical, mental and some sexual abuse or neglect, I learned a little about courage and going on. I'd rather be it me with this MS, not the kids or DH. Thinking about it, I feel stronger and better.