Hi everyone, I’m new here and I hope I’m posting in the right place.
I’m here to ask a few questions relating to initial/early symptoms of MS and to share my journey in the hopes someone could come along and share their experience too. I feel quite alone in what I’m going through.
My story goes like this… In the early hours of April 11 2021, I was awoken from my sleep with what I can only describe as a deep, gnawing, burning sensation in my right rib cage which wrapped around my back and as the attack continued it went down my arm. The pain was like giving birth as in contractions but in my ribs. I honestly thought I was dying. I was on all 4’s, groaning in pain. This attack lasted 4 hours. I was rushed to A&E on suspected gallbladder attack and given morphine. My heart was checked, no issues there. Went back the next day for abdominal scan, all normal. I was sent away with no answers.
Since then, I have had about 6 of these attacks, 4 of them waking me from my sleep. After about 3-4 hours they subside, like a slow release but I am left with pain and pins and needles in that area and my right arm for days. No one has been able to tell me what’s wrong. I’ve been to A&E 3 times, had my heart, breast and organs checked and all are normal.
The last one I had was the worst one yet and I’m still recovering from it (last Thursday). I had the attack followed by pins and needles and a heaviness in my right arm. 4 days after the attack, I started having these weird visible muscle twitches in my right foot (first time this has happened). I finally saw a GP who said he believes this is neuropathic pain. He’s the first person to tell me this which has led me to this forum and my discovery of the MS Hug. My GP has mentioned MS as a possibility. He’s prescribed Gabapentin and is referring me to Neurology. He sent me for an X-ray of my cervical spine yesterday, not sure why.
The only secondary issue I have other than these attacks is a weaker urine flow. I’m an otherwise healthy 31 year old female.
Can anyone relate to these attacks that I’m having? I know that only a doctor/neurologist can diagnose me, I’m just hoping to hear a similar story perhaps.
Thanks in advance😊