Hi everyone. Ive been reading your comments and everyone is so inspirational and kind here, and so i thought it would be a safe place to post…
About three weeks ago i was washing up in warm water and both my hands felt like they were buzzing. I didnt think much of it and the buzzing went off.
A day later i was having a bath and the same thing happened, my hands had a pins and needles sensation.
Over the last week it has become constant in both hands but exacerbated if i hold a cup of tea or touch anything warm.
I also have numbness in my tongue and numb lips, again exacerbated by hot drinks.
I have health anxiety anyway, but googling has sent me over the edge and i am convinced inhave MS.
I have now felt light headed and as if my vision is strained for a few days. I went to.the Dr who did some basic reflex tests and a sight test and said it was all normal and put this down to anxiety but i just dont agree…i wasnt anxious when washing up or having a bath!!
I am awaiting blood tests and a referral to neurology now. But i am absolutely terrified. Im a single mother with two young children, just turned 40 and this has filled me with fear about what may happen, i know MS is not a death sentence but i am reading so many scary thing’s at the moment…
Any words of advice would be hugely appreciated. My family and friends dont take it serioulsy because of the health anxiety but honestly, these feelings are real and i just want to be feeling myself again.
Thank you for reading and sending everyone a big hug. X
. As scared as you may be feeling, you have to remind yourself for now that until proven otherwise you have a bunch of strange symptoms that could be many things.