I'm hoping it's something physical that can be actually touched and fixed or physical therapy-ed back into working order. Getting tired of having everything blamed on the MS. I dont think I'm going to get my hopes up. I'm going to assume it's MS-ish in nature tho and I'll have to wait months and months and months for it to get better.

Whatever triggered it, it's scary as heck to go from walking nearly normal to being lucky to be able to get to the potty without falling down as fast as this happened.

Well, it didnt exactly happen fast. Some of it I noticed at least a month ago. Back pain, that was getting worse and worse, that suddenly went away one day. Right about the time the foot tingling started. The back pain came back when I was bending over picking up some stuff off the floor in my dad's office, and it was after that the numbness started. Doctor today said it was suggesting a slipped disc. He wants to rule that out before anything else.

Whatever it turns out to be, I really hope that PT fixes it. I dont want surgery, and once I'm done with the oral pred that I'm on, I'm going to see if I can go a few years before I have to take it again.

Doctor told me to go to Cabelas and get a special pair of work boots that he says are probably just as good as basic AFO. (wont rub as much) Says that they're not all that attractive, but he's been wearing some and said they'd be good for keeping my right foot stable. Said they're good on snow too. I cant remember the name of the boot. My boyfriend works for Cabelas tho, so I'm going to see if he'll go with me to buy them. Might get my boyfriend to lend me his discount too.

Said after I get the MRI on thursday that I can go see him again, and talk about what the MRI said, and then I either get PT and possible surgery, or just a ton of PT and some patience to wait for the symptoms to heal.

I am so hoping for aquatic PT. The pool has a special floor. They lift the floor of the pool up, you walk out onto the floor and then they lower the floor back into the pool. Water's 93 degrees. He said he might not put me in the pool because of the MS and the stupid Uhthoff's phenomenon thing because of the heat of the water, and I told him I dont care, I'd risk a little Uhthoff's just to get into the water. I want to go swimming!!!!!!! The Uhthoff's will go away once I cool off. I want in that pool! (Ooo...I'll need a swimsuit!)