Uh Oh. I think I'm having an exacerbation
 

and I think it's because of a problem with my teeth from the dental work I had last month. One of my teeth that was worked on last month started hurting on friday afternoon and has been sore all weekend.

Sometimes when I sleep, my hands will fall asleep. I think that it's from me sleeping on my side and squishing my arms. (I'm not a small person) Well, I've been up for about 20 minutes now, and my left hand is numb and a little tingly in the thumb and part of the palm...it also includes my index finger, and some of the middle finger and ring finger.

Hand hasnt really woken up yet. Usually when my arm falls asleep at night, it'll wake up within the first minute or two after I wake up and move.

I dont seem to be having problems moving my hand, since I seem to be typing alright, it just feels really weird and it's pretty annoying. I'm calling my dentist and getting an appointment to see if they can look in my mouth and see what's going on at the sore spot. I guess I'll have to go call my neuro also.

I really want my hand to wake up now. I'm a crocheter and a knitter, and if I can do that, it's going to drive me nuts.

Oh, and I kind of sprained my thumb on the right hand a few weeks ago. I can still move that, but it hurts to do a lot with my right hand, so I would really like for the numbness in the left hand to go away and for the sprain in my thumb to heal soon.

I really hate this MS crap. It sucks.

I hope it's just a temporary thing and goes away, when your tooth is better. f you have an infection, that could be what is causing you MS SX to raise their ugly heads.

Call your dentist and see if he/she should call you in and AB??

Feel better..:hug:

I just called the dentist.

My dentist is not in till wednesday. Her husband, the other dentist at the office (I've never met him) is in today, but has no openings. He's doing the free dental appointments for children today (high end dentist office, but they do tons of charity work for children...:D) So, unless they have a cancellation, I have to wait till tomorrow.

I also have noticed that I have swelling in one of my lymph nodes in my neck. It's not bad, but it's right below where the sore area in my mouth is. Throat isnt sore, but it was sore off and on last week. (thought that was allergies)

I bet if I call my regular doctor to have him look at that swelling in the lymph node, they're probably full up today too.

I'm waiting to call the neuro, since it's been less than an hour since I woke up and even tho the hand numbness is still there, and it may be a bit more than just the hand. My arm isnt numb, but sensation feels a little strange if I run my other hand down the side of my arm.

My shoulder is also a bit sore too. Like I strained it a little bit.

I'm a lot worried about this.

I dont know if I have a fever or anything. I have a thermometer, but it's a temporal thermometer (it's electronic. hold it to your forehead, run it across the forehead to your temple, and it tells you the temperature) I'm not sure exactly how to read it. Since the directions say that temporal temperatures are read differently. The directions dont seem to be written by someone who's first language was English. (thermometer says it was made in China) so I dont know if the 99.2* F that it says is an actual fever or if it's a normal temperature taken with that type of thermometer.

I've been popping ibuprofen and tyelenol all weekend.

oh great, and now I feel dizzy a little bit. (not spinny, just a little wobbly) Great.

I wonder if I should call the neuro now, or wait awhile and see if things get better, since I only just woke up about 45mins ago.

Sometimes when I wake up with a sleepy hand, it takes an hour or two to wake up totally, which is why I'm not leaping up and freaking out completely on this. It's just that the numb sensation feels different today than it does when the arm goes to sleep sometimes...and there's the whole pain swelling thing going on in my mouth, which is something that doesnt happen to me every day.

:hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug:

Ok, it's been a couple of hours and several tylenol. Mouth doesnt hurt like it did. Hand is still numb, but more tingly than it was before and not as numb as it was. Swollen spot on the lymph nodes feels like it's gone down a bit too.

I'm also freezing because it's cool out today and the heat is set really low in the house. I just havent bothered to turn up the heat because I'm hoping the coolness will help if I am warm or feverish.

I dont like blaming everything on the MS. My arms have always done the "gone to sleep" thing since I was a kid. I think there's a weird problem with nerves in my elbow and I might have compressed it when I sleep on my arms. (I try to sleep in different positions. I always wake up on my left side, with my elbow under me tho)

This is just really $%%^&&! annoying!

My neuro says to let him know if a symptom lasts more than 24 hours. So maybe wait on that til tomorrow.

As far as the tingly hand thing, that has been my major symptom for 7 years now! I wasn't dx'd until3 years ago, though.

You get used to the tingly part, and you can type, play piano, and even classical guitar. Just takes years of realizing it is not going away so deal with it!

Sorry I'm not Cheery Charlie today! It is raining, and I'm feeling tired.

MS does stink!!

For me, the tooth pain would be a far worse thing. Hate those!!

well, my index finger on that hand has had decreased sensation in it since about Xmastime. So, that's part of the reason why I think it could be the start of an exacerbation.

That and the fact that I was dizzy for about 2 or 3 days last week and have had a few episodes of unsteadyness since then.

I think it all has something to do with the dental work I had last month. Just going to not panic about it this time like I have other times.