Sunday, October 16, 2011

Good Day But Numbness Increasing

I went to church today. I enjoyed it, but I became frustrated a few times. I was frustrated with weakness. I was frustrated with numbness--my feet and lower legs kept losing it (it being sensation). When I moved them, they would regain feeling, but there was no reason they should have lost it in the first place. I was sitting on a well-padded chair. The last thing I was frustrated with was my brain. Tears sprang to my eyes (but did not fall) when I had trouble understanding Hebrews. I do not have problems understanding the scriptures. Or did not.

Sensory:
-Pins and needles: 2, back/side of left leg, sciatic nerve from butt to thigh
-Tingles: 2, in arms, too tired to think back on where
-Paresthesias (burning): 1, left foot
-Paresthesias (other): 1, crawly feeling along the upper sciatic nerve (gluteal), also some mild electric shocks in the back of my left thigh
-Numbness: 3, numbness off and on: feet, legs (or just left? now can't remember)
-Vision: 1, a few floaters--they keep on keeping on
-Nerve pain: 2, left leg

Motor:
-Gait: 3
-Sore muscles: 4, calves mainly, also arms when interpreting
-Fine motor: 3
-Weak muscles: 5
-Spasticity: 3 for rectus femoris, 4 for gastrocnemius, bilaterally

Cognitive:
-Language processing: 3
-Memory: 4
-Attention: 1
-Confusion: 3
-Impulsivity: I guess this is off and on. I don't know why it would increase sometimes. Of course, I don't know why spasticity would increase sometimes.

General:
-Fatigue: 5
-Balance: 3
-Sleep: 4
-Bladder: 3

Griving: Nothing. I'm not thinking about MS much. Well, I'm thinking about it inasmuch as I notice spasticity or I register the feeling of electric shocks in my leg. But I haven't been processing feelings or making plans. I suppose I should before the MS Center visit, but that's no for two weeks.

OH, my urology appointment is this Friday. I don't know what to expect from that. Hopefully not another person telling me my problems are in my head....

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