i have had a lot of bad C-horses in my life and after every one my leg felt strange the rest of the day.. kind of like it was a little jelloish and still a tad painful.. hope ya feel better soon.

The neuro thought this could just be heat related, told me to rest it all day and most of tomorrow. No problem, I'll just sit on my bed and crochet all day.

My foot doesnt feel as numb as it has, it still feels like something weird is going on,

I just told my boyfriend that I cant go to the zoo, and that I'll be using a cane when we go to the concert. His parents are going to be there, so I guess that I now have to explain to them about the MS. That'll be interesting.

If I have a fever, I wonder how long it takes for Tylenol to start working. I still feel warm.

Ok, I slept for a couple more hours, after having taken a couple of Tylenol.

When I woke up, my foot was still numb, but it didnt feel so creepily weird, and it feels a lot better than it did after the Charlie Horse from the Tenth Level of Hell woke me up.

I guess the on-call neuro was right, it was heat related...and I wonder if the weird feeling it had, was just a product of being too warm and possibly from the charlie horse trying to kill me.

I'm pretty sure the charlie horse was a spasticity spasm. Gosh, that really sucked. I'm still not going to the zoo tomorrow tho.

Erin
I'm glad you're feeling a bit better. Sorry you'll have to miss the zoo. I hope you get another chance soon.

Now my foot feels weird again, and the other foot is numb too. (argh! make it stop!) but, neither foot feels as disconnected as my right foot did this morning.

I did rest like the neuro told me to, but then my parents wanted to go to the bookstore and then get something to eat, so I drove them to the bookstore, and ended up walking around the bookstore a bunch, then we had to go eat, and then my dad wanted to go to the store. So, I think all the rest I got earlier today was just made moot.


I'm probably worrying too much, but I'm scared that this is the start of a new exacerbation.

I looked up the dermatomes for the various places that have numbness, and my right foot corresponds to the S1 area of the spine. I didnt think MS lesions went down that far.

I'm still hoping this is a weird side effect of the Baclofen and the Trazodone that I'd been taking for the past few weeks. Some of the weird numbness started about a week or two ago when I started taking both of the meds fairly regularly.

If I'm right, then I guess the Charlie Horse from the Tenth Level of Hell, might have been caused by me not taking any Baclofen or Trazodone last night.

I dont know...I'm just getting tired of the weird carp that MS does to me.

I'm tired of waking up to some new and annoying symptom every few weeks or months.

It's really frustrating. I want to get a job, but I dont know how I'd be able to deal with all this weird crud and try to keep a job at the same time. Especially if I'm heat sensitive. (most of the places around here that would hire me, dont have the best a/c in the summertime.

I hope nothing else weird happens over night, I'm kind of looking foward to going to a concert tomorrow with my boyfriend, and I really dont want to cancel on him. I dont want him to waste the ticket, or get caught scalping it.

wish i could say it takes time to get use to it but i am still not use to it, am sitting here indian style tunes cranked out of laptop smoke swirling enjoying carlos jammin on his guitar typing away and i reach down at my legs and fingers snagged something my socks i cant even feel them on my legs and cant even tell thats what i am holding in my hands and now instead of this just being on the left side its now traveled to the right, hands arm and leg and foot, its very aggravating, can say one thing if it involves your hands make sure you have a good grip on what ever you are holding

Erin,
I have had those awful charlie horses from Heck also, even before I was diagnosed with MS.
Mine are usually caused when I don't have enough calcium. I am a big milk drinker and times when I do not drink enough, I usually have the charlie horses.
You may also want to be sure you are getting enough potassium....think bananas.
Picture this......18 foot camper...DD asleep in fold out bunk over our bed...DS asleep in dinette bed.. DH asleep beside me. I get the Charlie horse from He!!. I can't get up and walk [very limited space]which usually helps, I can't put my let straight up and push or I would have enfolded DD in the bunk! So I lay there in agony until it eases. Then I realize I have not been drinking much milk!! For two days afterwards my muscle was very sore.
So the point of the post is this....with taking the antibiotics after the dental work, your electrolytes may be slightly off which could cause the charlie horses
Hope this helps and your are feeling better
Enjoy the concert!!

PS You mentioned your dad is a CRNA....so is my DH.
My DS is pre med in college planning to become an anesthesiologist. I think he just wants Dad to work for him!!

more b12 (methyl variety), I take 25000 mcg, calcium & magnesium have helped with charlies