[Erin524]

Ok, you all might have read my post yesterday about how my right foot had been numb?

Well, this morning, my right leg had the Charlie Horse From Heck. Woke me up out of bed, I had to actually lay there and bite my lip to keep from screaming.

Finally got to the point where I could get up and stand to work off the charlie horse, but my leg feels really really weird. I feel like I cant lift my foot up very well.

I think I'm going to call the neuro's emergency number in a few minutes.

I can move my toes, and I can walk, but it just feels really strange.

It's only been about five minutes since I had the charlie horse, and I took a Flexeril right after I was able to stand on my leg without wanting to scream.

I really hope this isnt an exacerbation, because I'm supposed to go to the zoo tomorrow with my boyfriend and then to a Blue Man Group concert. (with his family)

argh!

I dont feel good again.

I think I'll go ask my dad what he thinks I should do.

[AfterMyNap]

Erin, not to make you feel like your symptoms are trivial, but to help you calm yourself, this is the stuff that happens. I don't like it either but after so many years of it, I've learned to take it one day at a time and rest when my body demands it. It sounds like you have some symptoms excited right now, and it could be another exacerbation, and it may pass if you try to rest it off.

My suggestion would be to rest well until Monday (don't skip the concert, just take it easier than you'd like to) and call the neuro on Monday. I hope this passes quickly for you.

[PunkDizzle]

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.

[Erin524]

Originally Posted by PunkDizzle

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.

[Erin524]

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.

[MSacorn]

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.

[rude]

Originally Posted by Erin524

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.

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

[Erin524]

I called the neuro's emergency number. The on-call neuro (not mine) is going to call me back.

I went upstairs and talked to my dad about this. Told him what happened and what it felt like things are doing. It feels like my leg doesnt want to follow all my directions.

I was going to go get my hair cut, but I think I'm not going to do that now, because I'm not sure that I can drive, my ankle and foot feel so weird. Almost like I'm not quite exactly sure where my foot is. (proprioreception????)

I really do not like this.

Oh, and my boyfriend has been picking on me about the concert, because I apparently didnt jump up and down for joy when he told me he was getting me a concert ticket. So, he's probably going to think I'm making up an excuse to not go. The way my foot feels right now, I'm not sure if I want to go.

and the on-call neuro just called me back. He told me to not walk a bunch this weekend, so no zoo tomorrow. He said I could do the concert, but to rest my leg all weekend.

I guess I'll get my going-to-the-store cane that I carry in the store just in case I get vertigo and start using it more often.

The on-call neuro thinks that this might be heat related. I'm on antibiotics because I havent felt all that great since the dentist visit, (but I think the foot numbness was going on before that)

I had just woken up (was woken up by the charlie horse from HECK) and my dad told me when I was upstairs that my face was red, like I was warm or something. So, the neuro thinks that it's heat related, but he told me to just relax today and rest, dont do a lot of walking, dont go to the zoo tomorrow, and if I have any more problems, call him back.

I just feel really weird right now. I'm thinking the antibiotics are making me feel a bit sick now. I'm going to turn my ceiling fan on even tho it bugs me, and I think I'm going to go get an ice pack or two out of the freezer. (those icepacks that come with my C are going to come in handy!

I better warn the boyfriend that I'm not doing the zoo tomorrow (which means he has to drive all the way back uptown after the zoo to pick me up for the concert...I better give him gas money)