Upper extremity symptoms
Hello
New to site. I have a question to others to see how many of us have most of their symptoms in their arms. I see a lot of advice regarding legs but arms and hands doesn’t seem common. I do see see things similar to me such as fatigue, spasms, itching, heat sensitivity and radiating pain. With all that my arms and hands don’t work well. I can no longer work due to non use of hands. I cannot type or write well. I have to eat and drink from paper or plastic, which I do not like. It’s frustrating dropping everything. Getting dressed is a challenge daily. And yes SSD turned me down.
Are there others like me out there?
Does seem the upper body being affected most by MS is rarer than lower body. Real life I have never met another person wi MS affected in a similar way. My physio seems a bit clueless on the matter to give good advice. I also drop stuff often if lose concentration so have broken many cups + glasses over the years I was diagnosed young age, only thing I do is keep on doing weights daily to combat weakness. Numb hands over 20 years is a life getting used to. Using pens pencils, sometimes touch screen devices can be difficult at times. Using stuff like knives in cooking/preparing food is danger zone but weird enough using a shovel in a garden can be easier than signing name on paper 🤨😆 buttoning a shirt tying a tie can be problematic if u need to get suited up for occasions. Last time took me 30 mins to put a suit on 🤣 My fav foodstuff is burgers because can’t use a knife & fork. Can be embarrassing to ask somebody else to cut up your dinner so I often refuse dinner invites & make excuse To answer your last question - yes me 👋 Hello & welcome from Scotland 🏴