For me the downside of the memory foam is it traps heat and that makes me real shaky limbs and head in the morning. I just take off the covers and let the cold room bring my temp down for a minute before getting out of bed. I actually found it helped the hip pain I was experiencing and sleep longer because my hips hurt less.

MS sure is inconsistant as far as experiences go. I too would be crazier without crochet.

Right now the crochet is driving me nuts. I'm trying to teach myself hairpin lace crochet, and I swear, I feel like I did a year and a half ago when I was trying to teach myself to knit. I've seen hairpin lace done, and you'd think I'd remember how they did it, I seem to be having problems trying to figure out which way to turn the loom. argh!!

I gave my memory foam pad away a few months before I actually got the optic neuritis and before I knew I had MS. I dont think I was experiencing Uhthoff's (worsening of symptoms from heat) at the time, so I'm not sure I was having problems from heat making things worse. If I was, I didnt recognize the signs and dont remember how things were.

My boyfriend's room mate inherited my mattress pad, and I've heard that he totally loves it. Apparently he'd had problems finding a bed soft enough for him. It was a $200 pad and wasnt even 6 months old yet, and I just gave it to him, so he was totally tickled by that.

Tonight the numbness that was hiding from me has reappeared...yeah...now that I'm not at the neuro's office... my legs feel weird, and my sore knee/leg has decided to hurt me like crazy AND be numb...why it cant be painless and be numb at the same time I dont know.

Hi Erin
Hairpin lace? Just the name sounds intimidating. Although it is beautiful, I sure wouldn't frustrate myself to attempt it. I hope it clicks for you soon, and you finish that project successfully.

I'm so glad the mattress pad had a good home.

I get the numb/pain combo, I don't know why they don't cancel each other out.

I'm sorry your knee is hurting so much. Please rest yourself.

If I hadnt given the mattress pad away, I probably would have taken it to a parking lot and lit a match to it. (I'm really not serious about that)

Kinda sucks, I'd wanted one of those mattress pads for a long time, and had gotten it for Xmas. I slept great on it until early April when I first developed the numbness in my hip. After that, it was no longer comfortable.

I was all freaked out by the numbness, which had started one day at the zoo...about 10 minutes after my boyfriend and I got free rides on the zoo train (steam engine) up in the engine area. It was seriously hot right on the train engine, since they were burning wood to make the steam for the engine. It was also an unseasonably warm April that year.

I didnt know where it came from, and for awhile, I thought it was the mattress pad. I had read people talking on the internet that memory foam was causing them health problems. Because memory foam outgasses the chemicals in the foam (outgassing would be the chemicals leaching into the air from the foam)

Erin,

Go ahead and have the EMG. It's not that bad of a test and can reveal a lot about your situation. Who cares what it cost the insurance company. Look at what you pay a month for that coverage. All I had to pay was a $20 copay when I had mine done three years ago.

Either way, I hope they can determine and treat any problems they find.

Good luck.

I had an EMG about 18 or 20yrs ago (cant quite remember exactly when) and I didnt think it was a bad test at all. Maybe a bit of a sting when they made my middle finger twitch. I'm probably going to go ahead and have it done.

I woke up this morning with a numb left hand, and even tho it woke up, it still took about 4 hours for the tingles in the fingertips to go away. I'd like to know if that's the median nerve, the other possible nerves, or if it's my brain screwing with my hands.