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melevebos 07/28/2008

I started about 4-5 hours ago with mild pain around the lower portion of my left ribcage. About 10 minutes ago it got VERY intense and has moved to the right side too at the same level across my ribs. The pain is not excruiating but definatley demands attention. I am waiting on hubby to get home from work so I can go to ER. He is 45 minutes away. Does this sound like MS hug???

Thanks,
Melissa

deleted_user 07/28/2008

I have the MS hug, and I have seen it described many ways by various people. But, I don't know about it coming on so suddenly. Glad you are going to the ER. At least you will be able to rule out anything immediately dangerous. Good luck, I hope you are OK.

deleted_user 07/28/2008

Seriously?

MS it does not sound like. Sounds more like to me that you have gas.

Not trying to be mean but what you described in my opinion sounds nothing at all like a normal MS symptom. I'm obviously not a doctor though.

deleted_user 07/28/2008

Like many MS symptoms, the MS hug feels different for different people it also feels different in the same people on different days or at different times of day. It can be:

* As low as the waist or as high as the chest; rarely it can be felt as high as the shoulders and neck
* Focused in one small area (usually on one side or in the back) or go all the way around the torso
* Worse when fatigued or stressed
* Present in waves lasting seconds, minutes or hours or can be steady for longer periods of time
* Described as sharp pain, dull pain, burning pain, tickling, tingling, a crushing or constricting sensation or intense pressure

..... does this help. If this is what you've experienced, then MAYBE, see a doc, good idea.

deleted_user 07/28/2008

I had it last week and it was basically like a painful elastic band around my upper waist, right below my rib cage. It happened in the middle of the night and I woke up because it was so painful. It didn't last long at all though, maybe 10 seconds.

deleted_user 07/29/2008

What did the ER say?

melevebos 07/29/2008

Well local ER is a joke. They can't do CT, ultrsound or MRI at night. So even if my 5cm ovarian mass was bleeding or my enlarged spleen was starting to tear they couldn't tell me. They just wanted to pump me full of zofran, torodol and pepcid to see if something helped. They did do an EKG to make sure it wasn't atypical symptoms of a heart attack. The pain has since totally disappeared. Who knows. I go to MS specialist at OSU tomorrow. Hopefully will get some answers.

deleted_user 07/29/2008

I GET THE MS HUGS AND YES 4 ME IT DOES COME ON SUDDEN. AS A MATTER OF FACT I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS 4 A COUPLE OF DASYS NOW. CHANGING FROM BACLOFEN 2 ZENAFLEX HOPING THAT HELPS. ALSO 2MORROW GETTING MY FIRST OF MONTHY IV STERIOD INFUSION SO HOPING THAT HELPS IT AS WELL. STAY STRONG N I HOPE U GET 2 FEELING BETTER SOON.

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