I don't have any answers about your leg. Sorry. Could you ask your secretive doctor to please give you some answers? It doesn't seem fair to keep you "hanging" like this. Any chance you could get a second opinion?? All the best.

I had a bad relapse in July and I still get a limp with my left leg especially if I walk a lot or toward the end of the day.

i'm sorry you are having such difficulty. i have a limp that shows up from time to time, especially after i overdo it, too.

i do think the doc should try to find out what's happening and if he can't, that second opinion might be the answer. even if this is a longterm difficulty you'll have to handle, you have the right to know.

cheers

I have to concur Crystal...time for a second opinion! I've also been wondering...for those of us who are not Dx with MS...but seem to have all the symptoms...could they be "missing" our lesions? When we go in with symptoms...Doc orders MRI...& by the time we get into our appointment for the MRI...maybe our lesions are healing/healed?? IDK?? Just sure seems odd that some are Dx right off the bat...while others are left hanging for years/decades...only to be Dx with MS years later down the road; while both sets of patients seem to exhibit the very same/similar symptoms. Guess it's just a difficult disease to Dx. I'm at a complete loss at this point in my life!!!

Maybe try some AquaTherapy Crystal? I was sent for Aqua PT when I was in Montana...really did seem to help a bunch, as I was an awful mess then! I always get into the water every chance I get...& "recall" my water aerobic exercises. Seems so much less "stressful" on my joints/muscles than regular exercise. I can always tell a big difference in my spasticity! It was last summer since I've gotten to do any water exercise...& it shows! The last 3 times I've tried "regular" exercise...I was ready for a trip to the ER!!

Do you live near a YMCA or a workout center with a therapy pool by any chance?? I do...but have yet to join...sure needing to! Many of them offer "water aerobic" classes...some are even specifically called "Fibromyalgia water aerobics." (I think these are even less stressful). Hope this helps dear...stay sane if possible! I'm right there with ya! ;)
~tj

Thanks for that link MyMsBs...what a great read! ;)
~tj

hope you get some answers- did you jerk very hard and couldnt control it? is that what threw you leg out? i sure done that before they diagonsed me- i thought was going to throw something out of place,-me or hubby!! lol

MyMsBs: I looked up PRMS (my memory isn't what it used to be) and I have to say that I think it sounds a lot like me. The first episode I had lasted for about 6 months with no explanation but what seemed like a full recovery. Three years later this most recent one hit me and now I have "leftovers" from it that don't want to resolve. Thank you for the article, it's a great one!

My limp is always there now although it's worse first thing in the morning, at night time, and it's really bad if I over do it during the day. I think I had two different issues at the same time during my flare. The first was like a rhythmic muscle twitching thing that happened in any muscle group (back, leg, foot, hand, anywhere). The other issue was horrible muscle contractions that effected my right hip all the way down. The muscles would contract hard enough that it pulled things out of place. Neither of those things are happening now I've just been left with a limp.

I don't think my insurance would cover aqua therapy which stinks because swimming is one of the few times where I feel like I can move "right". The landlord I rent from does have a pool that I can use when it opens in the summer though. I used it last summer and it was wonderful.

This neurologist is my second one (the first one said my spasms were pseudoseizures which has since been disproven). He did give me an MRI with contrast when I first came to his office about a year ago. When it came up negative he declared that I definitely can't have MS (which is irritating because I know that isn't necessarily true but for now they couldn't find anything). It doesn't seem likely that he will have me go for another one. He hasn't made any suggestions for a diagnosis or treatment other than the Botox which I didn't take him up on. I think you guys may be right and I may need to go get a third opinion. Sigh. Let the search for a decent neuro begin again!

I love that I can put up a symptom and see if anyone else is having the same issue. You are all so helpful, thank you all for your comments! :-)