RELAPSE

Hello All, Hope you are as well as you can be. A couple of days ago I had a shower went to get dressed and POW I didn’t have the energy to move, couldn’t dress myself, husband had to do it for me. Was advised to go to A/E, spent 5 hours up there eventually saw Doctor who confirmed it was a relapse, took bloods but no treatment.

my question is, can anybody tell me how long I it takes before you loose the effects of a relapse please? I have had relapses before without to much happening but this time my legs are really bad.

Any advise would be very grateful, thank you.

Janet

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Hi Janet

That’s pants about the relapse. Unfortunately there’s no way to know how long it’ll take to see an improvement - it’s a bit like asking how long’s a piece of string, everybody is different. However, speak to your neuro or MS nurse and say what’s happened, and they should arrange for steroids (either oral or on a drip), which speed up recovery.

Dan

Thanks for your advice Dan, much appreciated

Janet

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There’s no way of telling just how long it will last.My relapses when they started usually get worse for about 6 week then peak, and then i start to have good days and bad days.