I hope Jim doesn't have another UTI.:hug::hug:

Unfortunately...yes

Well, POOP!!:mad:

I'll second that POOP!:mad:

This sounds like a Flare to me....why don't you think that it is? You said last few days, so new symptoms, lasting more than 48hours are considered a Flare. Isn't that right??

Daisy, I'll be darned if I know...I just do not understand when a flare occurs or when it's just an exaserbation. I have had it explained many times, and it just won't sink iin.
In fact, I understood MS better two years ago than I do now:confused:

BTW the weakness in the arms is a bit less intense, but still there.

I understand Debbie. I have symptoms that come and go, but have never had as bad a flare as my first one. I felt horrible for months, was entirely numb from my rib cage to my foot on the left side, and could barely walk. So I guess I compare all of my symptoms to that. For the past few days, I have experienced a new weird (sensory) feeling on my chin - kind of painful and tingling. But I don't think of it as a flare.

Hope you continue to improve.:hug:

Wait! Isn't flare, exacerbation, and relapse the same thing, just different words?:eek: Now I am confused. :confused: I know pseudo exacerbations can happen especially after being sick. But I did not know there was a difference between a flare, exacerbation, and a relapse.

Glad to hear the weakness is easing up a bit.:hug:

Yes....you are right! A Flare, Exacerbation and Relapse are ALL THE SAME. It is a new symptom, or a old that that has reappeared that last for aleast 24 hrs and is separated from the last Flare by atleast 30 days.

A pseudo Exacerbation is a temporary increase in symptoms, caused by being out in the heat, or taking too hot of a shower, etc ......once you cool down the symptoms go away.

That is why Debbie's episode sounds like a Exacerbation to me....

Thanks. That was my understanding. And then I thought, omgoodness all these years I've had it wrong.:D