Re: Spasticity in Legs

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PLEASE GET ON Tysabri as soon possible, I have many friends who have started

it shortly after being diagnosed, seeing very positive results... I started

taking it 10 years after the ABC drugs and after 12 months of using it seeing

very little changes. Mark/Atlanta

Spasticity in Legs

Hi,

I have not been diagnosed with MS yet. My brother is going through

some tests to see if he has MS or not. My brother was telling me

about some of the symptoms that he read about that he thought I have.

About 3 years ago my eyesight got really bad really fast and I was

having bad pains all around my eyes. I then started seeing flashes of

light when I was resting if I heard a sudden sound. That still

happens on and off for a few days at a time but I can't remember if

it happens when I have other symptoms. I have since gotten glasses

and the eye pain has never come back.

About a year and half later I was sitting at my computer and went to

get up and my knee was almost locked. The pain was as bad as anything

I have ever experienced. This continued for about 2 days. There were

moments if I layed perfectly still that it would calm down and I

would be able to straighten out my leg but then it would suddenly

lock up and I couldn't walk. I thought it was my knee maybe

dislocating slightly. Then it just went away after 2 days. I could

still feel it slightly for a couple of days but the locking up was

gone. This has happened twice more over the last year and a half

exactly the same and lasting 1 day one time and 2 days again the next

time.

I thought that there must be something really wrong so I went to my

GP and he said that it was stress or maybe a Baker's Cyst. I don't

think he realized the extreme pain I had or the fact that I could not

walk. I will be going to the hospital the next time it happens even

if I have to call an ambulance. I am now fearful that it will happen

in public and I will not be able to walk. Does anyone else have

anything like this in their legs with MS or does mine sound like

something else?

Thanks,

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[Guest guest]

This is terrible advice. Tysabri was taken off the market for causing deaths and

it has returned with the formulation unchanged. This is an alternative medicine

site. Please keep that in mind when you post. I know that I have asked this of

you in the past. No one here is qualified to give medical advice. You can only

relate what you do, have done or are questioning. (moderator)

Mark wrote: PLEASE GET ON Tysabri as soon

possible, I have many friends who have started it shortly after being diagnosed,

seeing very positive results... I started taking it 10 years after the ABC drugs

and after 12 months of using it seeing very little changes. Mark/Atlanta

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[Guest guest]

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Is what I am describing the usual type of spasticty in MS or does mine

sound more like an injury related pain. (your opinion only of course)

Thanks,

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> This is terrible advice. Tysabri was taken off the market for

causing deaths and it has returned with the formulation unchanged.

This is an alternative medicine site. Please keep that in mind when

you post. I know that I have asked this of you in the past. No one

here is qualified to give medical advice. You can only relate what you

do, have done or are questioning. (moderator)

[Guest guest]

PLEASE GET ON Tysabri as soon

possible, I have many friends who have started it shortly after being

diagnosed, seeing very positive results... I started taking it 10 years

after the ABC drugs and after 12 months of using it seeing very little

changes. Mark/Atlanta [/:)] [;] Actually, it seems like you are

giving medical advice, saying its terrible. With any medication there is

always a risk/benefit ratio. Since I haven't researched the drug, I

don't know if its terrible advice. I do know that due to people's

chemistry things work differently. Some people died when taking Vioxx

for pain, I have a friend who swore by it and it helped her immensly.

She was angry when the doctor took her off of it. People are adults, I

see nothing wrong with putting information out there of whatever kind,

letting people research it for themselves and making an informed

decision. Alternative medicine can be just as dangerous if you don't

know what you are doing. It is not just harmless herbs and spices that

are being talked about. I am for alternative medcine with a circumspect

approach. People have died from taking herbs too when they mixed it

together with regular meds. I am a medical person actually, thats why

all the talk about infection control, lol. Just my own opinion. Hugs,

>

[Guest guest]

I'm not saying that the drug is terrible, although I think it is, I'm saying

that to tell someone to take it is bad advise without being trained or having

any background on the person. This was not informative. It would be more

prudent to suggest doing research on this or any other treatment. The point of

this group is to heal without drug therapy.

Actually, it seems like you are

giving medical advice, saying its terrible. With any medication there is

always a risk/benefit ratio.

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