Question about RRMS

[Mummy76]

Hi all

I was diagnosed with RRMS just over a year ago.  Overall it seems to make sense as my symptoms seem to come and go with the exception of numbness in my foot.  Part of my diagnosis came from the fact that the top of my left foot and ankle were numb and the feeling has never come back.  Now I'm scared because the front of my calf has gone numb too.  Can this still be RRMS with constant numbness in my foot/calf?  Has anyone else experienced this?

[HVAC]

There are two main things in MS inflammation and nerve damage. When inflammation dies down symptoms go away. With nerve damage symptoms are constant. You can have RRMS and have some nerve damage or you may have inflammation for a long time and one day you realize your foot is no longer numb. I have had both cases.

Alex

[Skinnyninja77]

I have been recently diagnosed with RRMS about 10 months ago i had numbness, tingly and sensitivity around my trunk-stomach and back left side mainly and it has got a lot better no were near as numb tingly and sensitive as it used to

About about a month ago i thought i was suffering a trapped nerve which is painful and have had before in my shoulders and neck and now i have tingling and slight numbness in two of my toes and two of my fingers that comes and goes every day.at the moment so i think it's a flare up or relapse i'm not quiet sure

Saw the neuro a couple of weeks ago and hes said that it's to do with RRMS i can understand that you are scared my advise is to contact the neuros and make appoinment just to settle your mind..

Good luck and hope it calms down soon.

Kerry x

[kwarendorf]

Hi Mummy -

I think it is absolutely possible for some symptoms to hang around and still be RRMS. I think the misconception is that all symptoms will go into remission.  This is from the NMSS web site.

"People with this type of MS experience clearly defined attacks of worsening neurologic function. These attacks—which are called relapses, flare-ups, or exacerbations —are followed by partial or complete recovery periods (remissions), during which no disease progression occurs."

Some symptoms may not full resolve. I carried several constant symptoms on my journey from RRMS to SPMS.

Kyle