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seanachai

relapse - mild, strong etc...

Hi All A newbie here.... had second relapse recently and only joined forum last week, great info, and starting to get to know some folks hopefully meet up for chats at some point... I read all sorts of opinions on mild, medium, strong relapses and appreciate the scope is significant here but wondered is there any general idea of what constitutes mild, medium, strong..... not mention its so subjective an area putting the extremes to one side. I am pretty sure both my relapses probably fall into the mild category.... 1st one - numb on pretty much whole of one side, fatigue, lasted a few weeks - collateral damage was a sort of permanent numb in half my right hand, pinky side... luckily its still fully functional - i can still play my guitar which is great as its therapeutic 2nd one - hard to explain but similar to first but not sure i would describe as numb but sort of getting there... heat around the area and odd sense in the muscles....most of right side, trunk down.....took some steriods a few days after, low dose, seemed to help, no major residuals but right side is not 100% but nothing major, I would say mostly v mild sensory oddities remain, its only 3-4 weeks so hoping it might recover a bit more... as the last one took a decent while to get to its end state... i know the past doesn't predict the future, but heres hoping.... So interested to here the other realities... Thanks Damien.
@Stumbler

Hi @seanachai . I'll leave it for you to keep an eye on the forum for London Meetups. They're usually posted or advised to the London MSers Group, which I see you are subscribed too. As for mild, medium or strong relapses, you're right, this is a bit subjective. However, I would suggest that the way of defining a relapse is the impact it has on your day to day life. So, anything affecting mobility or vision would be pretty strong/severe. Manual dexterity/cognition could be medium and sensory issues could be mild. Just be aware that any relapse will be causing damage to your Central Nervous System. It depends on your neuronal reserve as to how complete your recovery will be. This reserve diminishes over time and with usage. hence MS being a progressive condition. Hope this helps.

@IanH

Are you on any Disease Modifying Therapies Damien?