Re: Parastesis
Karen Luglio (tootsie(AT)voicenet.com)
Fri, 7 Mar 1997 08:36:09 -0500 (EST)
At 04:23 PM 3/6/97 -0500, you wrote:
>To be honest I am not even sure if I am spelling this correctly, but I'm told
>this is the definition of part of my experience in the first two days of my
>TM onset. Within hours I had become completely paralyzed from the waist
>down. Although I had no real definitive feeling, I had pain...especially on
>my legs themselves. It seem as if just having them covered with a hospital
>sheet was sending sheets of needles stabbing at me. Luckily this feeling
>subsided gradually within a day or two. Following this I began the slow
>climb back with small movements on the toes of one of my feet.
>
>Has anyone else started their attack with this feeling. From what I have
>been reading alot of people had a much slower progression at first so their
>experiences are somewhat different. What about other people who had the same
>kind of immediate progression as me...within a matter of two hours with no
>previous symptoms, I was completely paralyzed and the parastesis began.
>
>Regards to all,
>
>Gary K.
>
>
>
Gary:
My numbness started in my right leg, moved to the other side and was up to
my chest in a matter of four hours.
karen