Erin, have you taken your temperature? Could it be you simply have a fever? This has been going on for too long to simply be just a random fever, but maybe you have an underlying UTI.

My reaction to even the mildest fever is very much as you describe.

I don't have a fever. Before I was sick with that weird virus a couple of weeks ago, my temperature usually consistently ranged between 98.6 and 98.4.

Since then, my temperature seems to range between 97.7 and 98.2, consistently.

I've been taking my temperature every day, because there are some days where I feel really hot or really cold. I'm starting to wonder if there's something going on with my inner thermostat tho. Either that or my thermometer might be a piece of junk. It's an ear thermometer.

I had a temporal thermometer (the kind that you run over your forehead) but that thing was a piece of garbage. When I had that weird fever. The temporal thermometer kept telling me my temperature was 105F, and there was no way it was that high, because I wasn't dead.

My ear thermometer seemed to be a bit more believable.

I dont seem to have any symptoms of a UTI. I'm waiting for my physical therapist to call me back, because I might not be going to PT today. I am so tired I can barely walk across my house. I went upstairs earlier, and had to sit down for a bit before I did anything. Was too tired to make myself something to eat, and my dad looked like he wasn't feeling good so I didn't ask him to make me anything. (my mom quit making me something to eat years ago. She expects me and my dad to cook for her now)

If I don't go to PT, I'm going to call my doctor's office and see if I can get seen today or tomorrow.

I actually did the PT today. Had kind of planned on skipping it today, but they said they'd go easy on me, and put the e-stim thing on my back and try to zap the spasticity monster into submission for me.

This flare is making my left knee hurt a lot. I hurt it a couple of weeks before the flare hit, and now the spasticity from this flare is irritating the hurt knee. The physical therapist looked at my knee today and said the muscles were really tight. So, yay for me, I got extra exercises for my knee.

I'm going to go take a Tylenol and curl around my knee and whimper.

"Oh, and to the person who asked if I take any supplements. Nope. Only thing I take is baclofen and the occasional valium."

Erin!!! No wonder!! Jeeze, a good dose of B12 & D and a handfull of others I take would help probably everyone in here.

Without B12, i'd be a home dweller, tired.
Without D, MS would kill me & i'm outside in sunlight every day.

I take 140mg baclofen/day and yes, I still get terrible jolts/spasms.

Pushed wheelchair 1.5 miles today, yesterday & day before.

What? Does baclofen and valium eat nutrients out of your body or something??

Not that im aware of but they surely make you/us a bit sluggish!
B12 is the energy vitamin which is why energy drinks contain them.
Try 1000mcg B12 1st thing in the morning. D anytime. Low iron = fatigue/low red blood count which is the LAST thing you'd want if trying to get strong.

I'd have to say "or something'. Even the most nourishing diet (organic veggies, fresh fruit, grass fed beef are likely still lacking in some nutrients simply because our soils are so over-used that the mineral content is diminished.

And that is not even considering how nutrient-poor our over processed food are.
Here is an excellent article on how BigFood has us by the you-know- whats.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/18/bo...moss.html?_r=0
We have to stop being victims of this manipulation and nourish ourselves.

<stepping off soap box before I fall off>

I'm going to ask my doctor if I'm vitamin deficient because of it being wintertime. I just want to know if I have something hidden that I'm not noticing that's making this flare worse.

Got to go see my regular doctor today. He did blood tests (normal, apparently) and listened to my lungs (clear and apparently normal), and then I got to go potty in a hat on a toilet and transfer it into a cup.

My little sample that I provided them had the barest hint of a UTI. He said it was just over the line for the bare minimum of calling it a UTI. So, I got a Rx for that. I haven't noticed any symptoms of a UTI. Even tho there's some altered sensation and stuff, I've been doing everything normal in that area. Nothing was hinting to me that I had an infection brewing.

Maybe I'm just really sensitive to infections that even the most mild infection can set me off?

Those UTIs can be sneaky little devils..

Glad you're on meds and hope you are all better soon.