Just Wondering...If you could take away 1 symptom...

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I have been wondering..If you could take away 1 symptom of this disease, what would it be?

Mine would be the balance issue. I haven't walked straight for 2 yrs..

Kristi

Jacksmom516 · Answer

Just saw this - I do not have a dx yet but I have to say being able to walk unassisted - My legs feel like lead weights and I can barely make it down the hall without having to touch something so I do not trip - That would have to be it - can deal with everything else so far!

shermay · Answer

I have a list really:)

But my main one would be to have sensation back in my feet - as I would be able to drive again.

To be able to take Son back and forth to school, go shopping and all the usual chores - everything is such hard work without feet and legs, but you only requested one;) so I slipped that one in :)

I am so dependent on my Husband, it's not fair.  He has just had offer of a really good job today in fact, and had to decline because of me, I feel so guilty and stressed:/

Debs

Khiba · Answer

The muscle stiffness! I hate walking around like Lurch! I guess its from spasticity. I never was particularly flexible but OMG if the stiffness was gone I would be the most happy person ever.

Ojibajo · Answer

When I read this I quickly thought I wish my left arm worked correctly all of the time or that I did not have any left side weakness that occasionally effects my gait, but honestly I can deal with the physical issues that I have right now because I can still function completely for the most part. What I would really like to get rid of would be either the fatigue or the cognitive issues. I find those more debilitating that any of my physical symptoms.

DazedandConfusedGuy · Answer

Ramble away!  It's all good! 

: )

-Greg

DazedandConfusedGuy · Answer

For me, it is the fatigue.
Picking only one is more difficult than I thought it would be. :)

cainer · Answer

hi   yes well id like to have my arm back-better!!
but the fatigue, humm  no 3 wishes??  i no  - no ms!!

supermum_ms · Answer

I've actually been thinking about this question all day, I have many i could easily pick but to pick one of them sort of seems like its the one i think of as being the worst, when its all just crapy so I think i'll just say take ANY and it will make my life more pleasant! 

Cheers........JJ

JemmAus · Answer

Absolutely the balance issues for me. I can't stand not being able to walk straight . I hate looking like a drunk. 

On the odd day when I feel "normal" (today is one fo those days, HOORAY!) and I can walk straight and feel clear in the head, it's just wonderful and the other things seem minor and pale into insignificance.

So yes, BALANCE.

cheesymum · Answer

I'm not diagnosed yet but, if I could lose one symptom, it would be this ungodly paresthesia in my right arm.  I'm so tired of my arm feeling like it's in a pool of ice water.  It's bloody cold and it aches like a sore tooth.  I'd really just like my arm back to normal.

The extreme fatigue could go, too, but you only asked for one symptom.....  ;)

MonkeyMom4 · Answer

That's a close one between the balance issues and TN.

Luckily the meds have helped with the TN, which is the worse pain I've ever experienced.

However, the balance/visual issues is a constant everyday thing and it's exhausting.

Not being able to spin in a chair, watch my kids dance around, read the scroll/ticker at the bottom of a tv screen, even fast-forwarding the commercials on my DVR has become a roller coaster. I miss being able to just freely go up and down the stairs, to walk into target without a death grip on the cart. And driving...that has really taken a turn for the worse.

Like a said, it's a close call between the two.

Ok, so the one thing I would take away would be the TN, nothing is more unbearable than the facial pain of TN.

I tend to ramble....sorry.

=)

Kelly