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@mjh2024 

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mjh2024

Tingle/chronic pain

Does the sensation of not being able to lift something or at the same time feel as if your hands/arms will not be able to pick anything up, does this go away? Is it a fad for a period of time? I will say though that since I haven’t been working out for a few days I have noticed this problem, just ...
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@SamLarouche 

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Finding young adult support group/peers with chronic pain

Hi everyone! With my MS, I have intense chronic pain and I’m finding it difficult to meet people who have significant chronic pain who are around my age. Does anybody know of support groups in my area (Calgary, Canada), informal or formal, that targets young people with MS and who have chronic pain...
Calgary, Canada
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@Uniquelh 

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Chronic Pain

Dealing with chronic pain? Two shots of tequila amazing for leg pain.
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SamLarouche

Finding young adult support group/peers with chronic pain

Hi everyone! With my MS, I have intense chronic pain and I’m finding it difficult to meet people who have significant chronic pain who are around my age. Does anybody know of support groups in my area (Calgary, Canada), informal or formal, that targets young people with MS and who have chronic pain...
Calgary, Canada
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@EbonyJoy 

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Financial aid and support for people dealing with MS & Chronic pain

Hey guys I’m feeling pretty beaten down and frustrated, I live in Australia and work full time and deal with pain, fatigue and light sensitivity all the time. I’ve been researching help I can get from the government to support me in any way in terms of the cost of treatments etc and I’m not finding ...
Canberra, Australia
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@wellbelle 

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wellbelle

Cooking with chronic pain and fatigue

Thought it might be of interest to fellow MSers Interesting BBC article about the therapeutic benefits of cooking for people with chronic pain and fatigue and a cookbook called ‘cookfulness’ which can be found on Amazon. The blurb says the recipe book focuses on cooking with a disability or chron...
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@LightningDuck 

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What is 'Chronic Pain'?

I've avoided using the label "chronic pain" because my pain is not really a symptom of my disease. I'm slowly starting to realize I deal with almost constant pain, at least when walking...sometimes when sleeping or sitting, but it's not because of MS directly. My right knee is injured (sports inju...
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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@Matt_Boyd 

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Chronic pain

hi all. So i was diagnosed with RRMS in 2017 following a supposed trapped nerve in my neck that has never recovered since December 2015: This is what lead to me requesting scans and eventual diagnosis. I'm really fortunate that the MS itself seems stable, but this nerve disturbance causes burning s...
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@KitKat71 

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GRIEF AND MS

Today at 7:17 pm PDT will mark one week my wonderful, caring, fun, understanding mother passed away. She was a rock to all 7 of her children. I am #6. My recent relapse, which started 2.5 weeks ago started out as my worst. Then a week ago, my mother took a turn for the worst. And it happen...
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@jumpingJacks 

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jumpingJacks

Conditions that mimic MS.

Autoimmune or Rheumatologic Disorders: 1. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) – Neurological symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, and sensory loss caused by small vessel inflammation or autoantibodies, often without MRI findings. 2. Sjogren’s Syndrome – Presents with peripheral neuropathy, cognitiv...
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