This Disease Is Unbelievable

Today I tried to spend less time sitting. I laid on my stomach when I was reading my new MS book--that helped with my lower limb sensory problems--pins and needles, dysesthetic pain, and numbness. But I cannot exactly lie on my stomach on a bed all day.

**I had published this earlier, around 5:30, but now (8:30) I have to upgrade the pain and spasticity ratings. Evenings are generally worse.**

Sensory:

-Pins and needles: 1

-Tingles: 1

-Dysesthetic pain: 5, front of both thighs (this has happened occasionally in the last two days or so), as well as left foot and leg, also right leg this evening (down to calf)

-Paresthesias: 0

-Numbness: 4, having more problems with my left foot. It feels like cold numbness blanketing part of my foot--more lateral. Also partial numbness in my tongue and lips, which was happening yesterday. And the day before? Hard to make a good report, because I am forgetful. This is the right half of my lips--uh... lower only? Now it is getting better, so it is hard to say.

-Vision: 2, definitely still blurry, glowy around light colors, blah blah blah

-Nerve pain: 7, left leg and even some in right leg

-Hearing: 0, rockin'

Motor:

-Walking: 4, It was pretty good this morning, but now it stinks. My legs are just not listening to me.

-Sore muscles: 5--totally from spasticity

-Fine motor: 2, having trouble typing

-Weak muscles: 3

-Spasticity: 6

Cognitive:

-Language processing: 3, word finding, organization, getting a thought out before part of it is lost--losing quite a few thoughts today

-Memory: 2

-Attention: 1

-Confusion: 2

General:

-Fatigue: 3

-Balance: 1

-Sleep: 6, was out with friends last night and woke up at 5:00--noise? Then I couldn't sleep because of GERD and dysesthetic pain in my left leg.

-Bladder: 0

-Proprioception: 0

Emotions: I felt some anger at MS today. And fear when I was reading the book about cognitive problems with MS. This disease is unbelievable. It hits every part of the body!