While doing my PT I keep having issues of initiating movement. It's so strange. They tell me to do something and I try but message takes a while to get to the location of where I am supposed to do something. My left side is the side I have the most trouble with. Once the message gets there, it takes a little bit to get in the rhythm and then I am fine. As an example, I was asked to flex my left foot for some exercise. It took about a minute for my brain and foot to coordinate and the foot to flex.

Last week, they had me do some leg exercises on a machine. I had a tough time with my left leg but not my right. Anyhow, I also didn't feel the pull at all in my left leg like I did my right. The PT checked to make sure the muscles were contracting properly and they were but I couldn't feel anything. I left PT and the next morning, I felt in my thigh what I should have felt the previous day while doing the exercise. It was was so weird. I wasn't having spasms or anything as when I felt the muscle it was relaxed and normal. It was the weirdest thing.

All in all, I really see the humor in it as it is pretty funny when your brain and body parts are in sync. I started laughing when I did the foot flex and the PT assistant was telling me to go ahead and flex my foot, nothing happened, and then she said any time you are ready. I cracked up because I was ready and she and I got a good laugh out of it.

I have also burnt myself and never realized it until 1/2 hour to hours later. I'm very careful when using my left hand around any heat source. I have some trouble with my right but not like my left. My family has repeatedly told me to that the water I am using to wash the dishes is hot. I look at my hands and they're all red but I don't think it's hot.

I was wondering how many of you have these delayed reactions to things as well as the lack of coordination between your brain and body parts.

Like I always say Trish, unusual happenings are completely usual
with MS.. And yes, I have a lot of those, on my left side
too, Sista.

The too hot thing is neuropathy. They tell people with neuropathy to not use hot water specifically so you don't burn yourself. I have always been more of a mild temp water person, and I've noticed that some of the baths I've taken my feet come out looking really red and I realized I used too hot of water. This kind of thing happened when I was cold and just wanted to heat up. Now I know better.

(((trish)))

Glad you can see the humor in it all...and when you have difficulties like this, you learn what a miracle the human body really is...