Re: Parastesis

James Lubin (jlubin(AT)eskimo.com)
Fri, 07 Mar 1997 15:07:51 -0800

At 04:23 PM 3/6/97 -0500, you wrote:
>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.

I had that same stabbing pain, but over my whole body from the neck down. I
was given iv morphine injections for the pain. My attack was also sudden
within a couple hours.

Jim Lubin
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