My oldest son was here today. He just "casually" mentioned he is having numbness in one toe and one finger.

I know, I know, chill! But the mom in me said a silent prayer. Then I told him to just kind of keep track of anything else that might be going on.

I remember after my dx thinking back at my "weird" happenings through the years.

He does fight depression and "tiredness", too.

Oh Crap, Brenda. I hate this disease

Your son will be in my prayers

My Dad had MS, as do I. Every time one of my adult kids mentions ANY kind of "weird" thing going on, my blood freezes solid and my heart comes right up in my throat.

My daughter asked me the other day, "MS isn't hereditary, is it?" Well, no, not per se. I told her the truth, that statistics seem to indicate that having a parent with MS does increase the odds somewhat.

She has mentioned a few things. I want her to take it seriously, but I don't want her to panic. That's my job.

I know this feeling well.
My daughter has always been lively and full of energy and the picture of health.

My son, has always been less blessed but still generally healthy - he had asthma and horrible allergies as a child and was sick a lot but the normal childhood things.

He is now almost 30 and gets around like a much older man in spite of the fact that he is a good weight and fit. He hurts all over, all the time and you can tell he just doesn't feel well. He talks to me about how bad he feels and he does follow up with doctors but he continues to ache more every year. Like Blessings - I want him to stay on top of things but don't want to scare him either. He just seems to be me all over again in terms of how his health is progressing though.... I just wish I could take all his aches and pains for him - fortunately - he has not, so far, mentioned any numbness anywhere.

Sassy, I know exactly what you're going through. My youngest son, just 20, called me from work yesterday and asked me to make an appointment for him at the doctor. He said he was having numbness in the side of his face and he said he's having major problems with word recall and concentration. He said he wants to make sure he doesn't have the same thing I do. He's got an appointment April 4th.

He also dropped his coffee cup yesterday morning (in his bedroom!) and showed me last night. I saw him coming out of his room with the carpet cleaner and I asked what happened. That's when he told me that his hand just "went wacky" and he dropped the cup.

I'm trying not to think the worst but how can we NOT when we know what we go through each and every day.

I pray that your son and my son, too, do not have MS. I would rather mine get worse than have one of my children go through this.

Oh Sassy and herekitty, I am so sorry, there is nothing worse than worrying about your child's health, or seeing your child's health threatened.

to each of you.

Snoodles, I am so sorry, I somehow missed this earlier and replied only re: Sassy's and herekitty's children. How rude and uncaring that must have seemed.

My apologies, and for you and everyone else who is watching and worrying, my thoughts are with you.

Snoodles, me too!!!! I apologize for not sending my thoughts out to you as well!!!! Oops!!!

It's so hard when our kids are sick or hurting. We just want to take it all ourselves so they can be spared. I'm praying for all of our kids. At least they have good Moms (us!!) who care and would do anything in the world for them.