As a side note...magnetic nail polish in an MRI machine = no good. My fingers were vibrating the whole time and I didn't put 2&2 together until after!

Also, don't keep a pocket knife in your pocket when you are getting an MRI. I did that because I wasn't thinking and they didn't warn me. It flew by me in the machine and I was lucky it didn't hurt me. No metals are good.

Good luck with your MS. It can get better in a couple of weeks or less. It all depends. Try to eat well and take good care of yourself and that helps a lot.

I am not DX yet, but I always tell everyone my first signs were ice cold feet and toes and numb feet close to 3 1/2 to 4 years ago and a feeling of walking on air( no Bobby, not walking on water) Bobby on here has good sense of humor and I can see him thinking this when he reads it.When things progressed with me I would be sitting at my desk at work and initially my lips became numb then my right face cheek got numb and stayed numb for awhile with ny numb chin.Then my cheeks started tingling, then my hair strted moving on its own from scalp tingles.Skin on my thighs began burning and the coldness from my feet and toes strted going to my lower legs.The numb lips has gone away, but I have alot of facial tingles, even inside my nostrils, my facial cheeks and yes my butt cheeks,My facial tingles have been under my eyes , side of nose etc.I just wrote a ost tonight that the tingles that feel like they are insdie my throat have been rally bad all day.The last day I was at work in May 2012 before FML I had gone to drivethru to get lunch- it was really hot that day alredy in May and I walked across the street to my office on my numb feet that I was ALMOST getting used to , staggered into my office put food down and I barely remember wlking to my bosses office-wher eshe shove me into chair had nurse come in to eval me and they called 911.I did not have a stroke the or one later wehn I ended up back in ER I passed the CVA eval and about evry thing else-including tons of blood wk-Lord I did not mean to go on, but everyone thinks it has to be one big thing that happens , buts it is more like alot of little stuff just keeps happening till you know it cannot be normal.Ellen-it is late and I should be in bed-but had migrain tonight took my nasal spary and now am on a roll.

I forgot to add in my overly long post-I am sorry for that -just longwinded and cant sleep, In August all my tingles, twinges, and muscle movements for the first time became PAINFUL and not just bothersome, even tho I too have not been dx- i really thought that 3 day thing of hell was some sort of episode or possible flair- but called neruo they did nothing.

Yes, if your body has an infection, it can cause a flare, a pseudo exacerbation is what it is called, because as soon as you get your infection under control, the symptoms usually go away (if in fact symptoms are caused by an infection). Make sure you check for an urinary trac infection. Most people with MS get them and they are different for us, the feeling/symptoms are different. When my symptoms act up, one of the first things my doc does is check for a UTI.

If you are as uncomfortable as you sound, yes, call the neuro. I don't think there is anything else they can do for you since you already had a steroid burst, but he/she can explain the healing process to you to keep your mind at peace. Stress also causes symptoms to flare, so do what you have to to keep the stress down. If that means calling the neuro, than so be it.

I hope you feel better soon! {{{{{HUGS}}}}}

The exact same thing is happening to me now. Left eye half shut. Twitching like crazy and a crooked smile. Not pretty. I started the IV today. How long did it take for you to get back to normal??