I'm sorry about your pain, Lyn. It's exhausting and I'm sure even more so when you have to be working throughout it. I hope they can figure out why you're having so much pain and can do something to alleviate it.

Hello Lynn,

So sorry that you have ben experiencing this pain...and for so long. As I am a registered massage therapist and nutritionist, maybe I can offer some information to help sort some of it out for you; if only to perhaps to suggest some self care ideas that might provide relief.
If you are open to discussing that, we can do so through PM or on the board.

Hang in there. In my prayers.

Erika

Hi everyone

Thanks so much for your support - it really means a lot to me. It's hard to explain the associated fatigue to someone without MS - I get tired enough without the leg thing, but with it, it multiplies my fatigue considerably. You know the drill, the brain is having to work even harder to make everything work together

My treatment so far has involved physiotherapy - massage (once by a massage therapist, and my husband has massaged my leg as well) ultrasound therapy, electro-therapy etc. The physio suggested I use a rolling pin on my calf, and do some stretching as well, both of which I am doing but it doens't seem to help much.

I will certainly do the magnesium thing, I haven't had cramps in my calf for a little while, and it doesn't really hurt much unless I am walking.

Thanks again

Hugs

Lyn

I too am sorry that you're having a tough time with painful cramps.

I take Magnesium tablets with relief, but my husband who gets frightful cramps and does not have MS, gets no relief at all from Mg. He drinks tonic water and the Quinine contained in that seems to help him. Something else you could try is to take a bath with Epson Salts added to the bath water. If you try this be careful though because the Epson Salts make the bottom of the bath very slippery.

I hope you soon find something that helps.

Having spent much of the last year and half in pain, I can understand your frustration.
I would just say; keep looking for the cause. Easy said i know but when you find it, you can fix it. and find relief. What pain killers are you on?

I'm not on any medication for pain relief (sounds pretty dumb, but unless they know the cause.....) at the moment, I am toughing it out. I have thought I should maybe take an NSAID like Voltaren, but I am not sure. My physio didn't recommend any pain relief, and I don't see my General Doc again for a while. My Neuro suggested Baclofen when I told him about this a hundred years ago (feels like it - but it was in March), but I didn't want to take anything until I knew the cause.

Regards

Lyn

I'm so sorry you're having the daily pain, Lynn. You're right, the constant pain wears us down, making the fatigue worse. What a nightmare! Working while going through this seems impossible to me. Hope your doctors are able to remedy this problem.........soon.

Lyn I am so sorry to hear about your pain. I really don't see how any of you work with all this pain. Before MS I could not work with my back pain and that has been over 10 yrs ago. I can not even push myself to work at home anymore and I know what you have to go through with the kids and the energy and smiles you have to let the children see to be a good teacher to them. I hope you find something to relieve you soon.