Aw…you guys are da bomb!!

Erika, I have to be careful with any deep tissue massage due to the fibromyalgia.
Once, when we were in Hawaii a few years back, DH bought me an hour long massage on the beach. I told the massage therapist to take it easy, but was not assertive when she pummeled me, and spent 2 days in agony with fibro pain afterwards.

I had an MRI of the lump a few years ago, because my former orthopedist thought it might be a tumor. But there was no blood supply to it, and it was a calcified mass thought to have formed from repeated Copaxone injections.

I feel good in the morning, but the spasms in the hammies and calves tighten as the day goes on and have been very painful since the surgery. I am just gritting my teeth through them now, because I no longer want to rely on the pain pills prescribed. I've had pain worse than this-just had hoped MS wouldn't interfere, I guess.

You're all correct-things is what they is, I guess, and we make the best of it with prayer, hard work and rest. There are many who are so so much worse off…and they make full lives. That is my plan as well.

thanks for the cheerleading, advice and care…you don't know how much it's appreciated.

And Wiz, you are amazing. You know how much I respect you and how strong you are. But you also push yourself way beyond what any normal person would. I pray that you learn how to pace yourself a bit better…you are my dear friend who I was blessed to meet when i needed a good neuro...