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lizw · 07-22-2008, 06:44 PM

Nah, I don't mind describing it.

I think the pain I am experincing at the moment is from fibro and that maybe because the weather (being so cold) has brought it on. It feels like I have over-used the muscles in my arms (biceps) so they ache. It like a deep aching sensation.

The pain I expereince with MS is more like a burning sensation where it feels like my arm/s is on fire from the inside out. The other thing I get from MS is muslce rigidty (I think that's how you spell it). Sometimes the muscle in my right arm just goes seriously stiff and/or contracts on it's own, making it uncomfortable to bend my arm and there is nothing I can do about it, except to wait till it passes.

I also get this other pain in my forearms that the doctors can't pinpoint to anything, except that it also seems to be accompanied by bouts of 'writers cramp'. I think it is from the MS only because MS syptoms can be so weird.

I could go on forever about all my MS symptoms, and all the meds I take are to combat this, but there is no cure for MS, yet. Or fibro, as far as I know. I am hoping they will give me another MRI one day soon to see if it has changed etc... I was diagnosed with relapsing/remitting, which means I am suppose to have lapses then get better, but this year it feels like I have continued to get worse and worse - think gentle down hill slope, rather than straight down though.

I have an appointment to see the shrink they orginally sent me to see, when I was first diagnosed. I haven't seen him for 6 months so I think I will ask him to request it. All hospital care here is free, unlike in the US. Our biggest complaint is we just have to wait forever to receive it! So if I ask to get rescanned now, I may get it within a year.

07-22-2008, 06:44 PM	#5 (permalink)
lizw God's Kid Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,561	Nah, I don't mind describing it. I think the pain I am experincing at the moment is from fibro and that maybe because the weather (being so cold) has brought it on. It feels like I have over-used the muscles in my arms (biceps) so they ache. It like a deep aching sensation. The pain I expereince with MS is more like a burning sensation where it feels like my arm/s is on fire from the inside out. The other thing I get from MS is muslce rigidty (I think that's how you spell it). Sometimes the muscle in my right arm just goes seriously stiff and/or contracts on it's own, making it uncomfortable to bend my arm and there is nothing I can do about it, except to wait till it passes. I also get this other pain in my forearms that the doctors can't pinpoint to anything, except that it also seems to be accompanied by bouts of 'writers cramp'. I think it is from the MS only because MS syptoms can be so weird. I could go on forever about all my MS symptoms, and all the meds I take are to combat this, but there is no cure for MS, yet. Or fibro, as far as I know. I am hoping they will give me another MRI one day soon to see if it has changed etc... I was diagnosed with relapsing/remitting, which means I am suppose to have lapses then get better, but this year it feels like I have continued to get worse and worse - think gentle down hill slope, rather than straight down though. I have an appointment to see the shrink they orginally sent me to see, when I was first diagnosed. I haven't seen him for 6 months so I think I will ask him to request it. All hospital care here is free, unlike in the US. Our biggest complaint is we just have to wait forever to receive it! So if I ask to get rescanned now, I may get it within a year. __________________ ....blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.