Hi - I developed foot drop on my rt side a couple years after dx. But over time, I began having numbness in my lower rt leg. It would get better, then come back.
I now have secondary progressive ms, and the numbness and weakness continue to progress, and never get better. But that is due to it becoming SPMS. I hope you do get the feeling back, but unfortunately it is common for some symptoms to become permanent.
I couldn't agree more, with the recommendation to exercise. No matter what is going on, exercise helps keep us as strong and functional as possible! Blessings to you!
I'm taking Copaxone and I was diagnosed just over a year ago. It supposedly takes 6 months to be fully active; my Shared Solutions nurse said some people respond faster and I was one. I started injecting during a relapse; should have had another relapse around 3 months later, but in the last year + have only had one very mild one.
Part and parcel of wellness is regular exercise, and healthy diet. There are a bunch of diets -- no one diet is the answer (although many will tell you only one is correct :) ) -- I've found what seems to work with me, but it's likely going to take some trial and error on your part. Find an exercise you love and can manage and commit to it. Find orthotists and physiotherapists who can help you get to the point you are able to do what you love. If you happen to smoke, quitting is a great idea because there is demonstrable research showing smokers have worse progression and symptoms.
I've taken as long as 6 months to get feeling back (I was positive that time it would be permanent -- you learn to stop worrying); often shorter, and sometimes weakness hangs around because of disuse after the actual relapse is over. I do a lot of physiotherapy to get back as much function as I can. I also have right side weakness related to an upper motor neuron lesion, as well as trouble with both legs after a doozy waist down relapse last March. Both now only cause me trouble if I get too hot or fatigued.
Manage issues; celebrate what you do, engage in life, set goals and do whatever you can to reach them.
(((Hugs))). If you put healthy living in place, stick with your meds and move on, I'm not sure knowing what future relapses "might" do would be helpful information. Sometimes too much information is a bad thing.