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@Mayvar 

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Mayvar

{{{Hugs}}}

Just wanted to send hugs to all of the UK members. I'm watching from Norway and I'm just worried for all of you. I hope the stress of all of this doesn't affect your MS too much. <3 May the Force be with you. ~Mayvår
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@leanneb 

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Hugs!!!!

Anyone no the procedure of treating hugs? Heading to my gp and more then likely be sent to my neurologist just wondering what happens then? I hate this part of ms.
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@Bonang1975 

Bonang1975

Hugs

These ms hugs are full on cant be bothered doin anything except sleep!!!!!!

@norfolkgal 

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Hugs please

Not sure this will post well as on my tablet cause can't be bothered to go to PC. I am feeling so fedup with everything at the moment, my husband is working such long hours he is really tired so is a bit short with me.........which can't blame him for as I am even fedup with myself. I keep getting...
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@Starmiss 

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Starmiss

Ms hugs…..ms attack

Hello. I need some advice on ms hugs. I’m renaming this to ms attacks, hugs sounds like something you’d like and this is so not the case. My question is… is it normal to have numerous attacks in a day? I’m being woken up having one often. I’m finding it’s effecting my whole day as it wakes me up a...
Leicester, UK
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@Cbladygirl80 

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Cbladygirl80

MS HUGS

Hello everyone not been on here for a while but I need some help I was wondering if anyone else has ever suffered with MS HUGS my ms nurse has diagnosed with them after I went to a&e with suspected heart attack and the a&e doctor acted like I was making it up. They are extremely painful and ...
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@Aton1979 

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Ms hugs

Not diagnosed yet but I'm having these craps and muscle spasms under my brest bone and all the way round my ribs is this a ms hug as its taking my breath away. X
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@lisams01 

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Hi just wondering if this has happened to anyone else, I have been having MS hugs, not sure why they are called hugs as hugs are nice MS hugs are far from nice, anyhow i have had them for months now some worse than others, I have had them at home and out and about, however not as bad as this last one I was travelling at 76mph on the Mway and had a really bad one,I could not pull over or off the Mway and I just wanted to curl up. It eventually passed after 10mins but it seemed like a lifetime. I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this and is there a way to ease the pain, thankyou

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@prabs 

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MS hugs

Hello everyone, I am new to this site. I was diagnosed with r/r Ms in 2014 but have had the symptoms since 2000! I suffer with the dreaded ms hugs which at times makes you think you are having a heart attack..this is a regular thing now. It’s frustrating how gps ignore the heart and blame it on th...
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@Starpocket4 

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Starpocket4

Ms hugs

Hi! I've been officially diagnosed with MS last month, however they suspected i have ms since 2019, when i had my first flare up. Ever since my second and last one in february this year, i've been getting ms hugs. I never felt pain, just tightness around my chest, felt like a really tight bra. Last ...
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