Multiple Sclerosis

I was diagnosed in April, 08, although I know that I've had MS for several years.I was doing really well recently, {remitting, I guess}. Then last thursday I had a really bad fall, bruised my hip, arm, cut my lip. etc. I have a brain stem lesion which affects my balance, vision. Well, since the fall, my MS symptoms have come back in full force. I'm wondering if it's a result of the traumatic fall. Has anyone experienced this? It's very discouraging.

 WELCOME TO DISABOOM !      RAINEY XO

I don't know about MS..........but I do know that in many ways Fibro is like it.......and for sure........and incident like falling.....really.....ANY trauma can make your symptoms flare up..........but mainly.......please don't be discouraged. Just handle each thing as it comes up.......and eventually your body will adjust.......slowly heal and you will return to the more normal life you were living before your fall. Best of luck to you.........keep your chin up............Peace and love......Norma

 

Hi Sally

Although i do not have your condition i am also newly diagonosed.  I started getting back pain in early April 2008.  I was diagonosed in May with Root Nerve Irratation at L4/5 in the back and have now spent the last three weeks in a wheelchair.

In the last three weeks i have had a couple of falls in the bath and also at the local swimming pool about a month ago.  Having a fall really has knocked my confidence.  I swear that my back pain is worse since the fall and im worried i might of been mis-diagonsed.  I went swimming because i was told that the exercise would be good for me but by the end of the swim i had problems getting out of the pool and within 2hours i could not walk and ended up in Casualty.  I am now scared to have a bath on my own (i live alone) but this is very frustration especially if my bowels are playing up and i want to feel clean.

I been on strong painkillers since April and i have definately noticed my memory and concerntration has got worse and i often stand up too quickly and feel dizzy and faint.

Just sharing my experience with you and others.  If we all hang in there i pray that things will improve but it is the unknown unfortunately.

Take care, Chris x

I can relate! I was diagnosed in Jan. 2008 (Happy New Year!) with MS after a bout with severe back pain. I have always paid close attention to my body, but now it's become an obsession. What I've noticed is that ANY mental stress can cause an episode for me. So I try to avoid stress (which can be very hard to do when you are a 4th grade teacher in a high poverty school AND have 3 very active sons!). My best defense so far has been to try to find the positive in all that happens and to BREATHE! That seems to be very important these days!

I think that all of us occasionally are jolted by our disability, whatever it might be.  My disability is much different from yours, but yet much the same -- I cannot see, so I have mobility issues, but different kinds of mobility issues.  Occasionally I get "reminded" of my poor vision by something happening, similar to your fall.  The physical bruises might not be so bad, but the mental ones can be much worse.

 

A few weeks ago I managed to get myself lost in an area that I thought I knew well.  Even though I didn't suffer any physical mishap, it's like my confidence and general sense of well being took a hit.  But you just have to throw off those feelings of frustration and bounce back.  Easier said than done.

 

 Good luck.  I hope you are soon feeling much better, both physically and mentally.

 

 Robin