So sorry Tom. I'm one of the lucky ones who doesn't have chronic nerve pain. Unless you count the uncomfortable spasticity?

I have a high threshold for pain, but not for nerve pain, like toothaches, shingles..EEK

Thanks for stopping by. How's the spaceworld treating you? Anything interesting happening?

Hey Sally.

Same old thing here. Our next generation flight control room is about 75% built. We still have the space station control room 24/7. SpaceX keeps postponing their first commercial launch to the station and the other company keeps postponing their first ever launch.

I can't land the Orion on the asteroid in the simulator. I keep crashing or over-shooting. But that's why I'm not an astronaut. The new simulator is much more realistic than the old shuttle simulators. The asteroid in the simulator is very real - called "25143 Itokawa."

NASA's not dead - we had over 6,000 applicants for the next astronaut class in 2013. I guess asteroids and Mars sounds appealing to alot of folks. It keeps me working. Still very busy for me.

Tom

Hi Tom! We miss you around here. Sorry about the numbness but I can totally understand what you are feeling. It's odd to say my leg is numb and hurts in the same statement.

Well, I don't know that my numbness is the same b/c I don't really have pain with it. But I tell my GP that it's like when your leg goes to sleep and its just starting to wake up!

Feel better (((Tricia))).

My right leg is numb from the hip down.. my left arm is weak..I am right handed thank god... I'm still feeling spasticity in my legs/feet... the only way I can describe the numbness /pain is it feel like I have a blood pressure cuff on my leg and it's constantly squeezing..

The only meds pcp has me on is Lyrica and Elavil... neither of them are working for me... I'm just going to wait till I see neuro...


Cindy

Most excellent discription of spasticity, pain and numbness.

I'm learning...lol

I have always thought of it as tight elastic bandages being wrapped around my legs, but I love your description.

Cheers

Lym

The different kinds of 'numbness' to MS is just straight craziness!

My hands and arms get a freezing cold and burning hot sensation at the same time (which after a while of dealing with that starts to drive me slightly mad, those temps should never be put together at the same time). I also have a really hard time being able to feel my finger tips and the textures of things.

My legs and feet do the tingly feels like they're falling asleep kind of numb with pressure building up inside? ..

and the worse..
Right side abdomen- numb but feels like a sunburn being scratched with a Brillo pad. -- that numbness is VERY PAINFUL. Went on everyday for 4 months last summer, finally subsided a lil while ago and will hopefully never come back.

Oh the bizarre MS sensations