There is no normal for MS except for the abnormal and bizzarre. My husband has had every symptom imaginable, I am no longer surprised. We talked to a good Doc at the hospital who just said," You have a neuropathic disease, every part of your body is on the table for symptoms." The funny thing is that I found this calming. For the last 3 years we have been worrying and chasing down all these symptoms which mostly come and go and when he said this, it gave us permission to just relax and go with the flow. Most symptoms will pass in a day or a week. Panicing makes it worse.
The calmer and less stressed you are, the less symptoms you'll get. Get LOTS of rest, pamper yourself, drink tons of water, and try to have a sense of humor about these things if you can.

I have a multude of symptoms that come and leave, burming, numbess, weakness right side only etc. I think this is a common thing.

Being that each person has different spots of damage in your body from MS, then the disease is going to be as individual as the patient itself...

Well, I'll try this again later. I tried thinking this through, but I can tell I might of flubbed up my response at this moment & my brain is having trouble thinking any further. HA!

Take care,
Stay sane!

I know that the disease is normal, but I have symptoms that come for 30 seconds at a time. I've had symptoms last months, or weeks or even days, but never for a few seconds at a time. I have 10-20 waves a day where the left side of my face is burning, or my right arm doesn't work.


I just want to know if anyone else experiences things in waves

My husband has this happen. He often has a burning sensation in his right leg that will only last for 15-20 seconds and then disappear. Then it will reappear several times later in the day. Occasionally, he has the same thing happen in his hands.

This happens to me. The area on my hand near my left thumb goes numb for a few minutes then goes away. Sometimes my tongue will tingle for a few seconds and then go away.

@Stormyw...You nailed it for me...this is exactly how I am trying to accept this...beautiful attitude...God bless