Wasn't the best way to spend a Saturday evening

Last Saturday I had my MRI scan. Don’t mind enclosed spaces but as I had my head scanned my right upper arm would not stop spasming and the pins and needles in my feet would not stop. As I was moved around to do the neck scan, I had the worst shooting pain across my upper left eyebrow. I’m wondering now, if I was a bit stressed as since Saturday morning I started with muscle spasms in the arch of my right foot, so clear and quick you could see them really clearly and showed my children them. My youngest boy, who has Aspergers thinks I have insects under my skin.haha.

Well this weekend and up until this morning I was really bad, dizzy, sick, my neck and shoulders are killing me and my left side has gone very weak. My upper left thigh was completely numb, my hearing kept coming and going and my face went really strange, (not pins and needles or numb but an inbetween feeling!). I think if you had asked me anything I wouldn’t of had a clue, my memory is so bad now. My ankles are still wobbly and I think, I’m still not right (could be a relapse?, if it is MS).

Has anyone else experienced the not quite numb but not pins and needles feeling. It’s feels like it spreads very slowly, slightly tingly. I just can’t explain what it feels like. Anyhow, as I was putting on my shoes, the nurse/radiologist told me to phone my neuro;s office on Monday. Should I read anything into this, I did as she said and phoned but not heard anything as yet. Is it possible to see an active relapse on the scan as it’s done?.

I;m not yet dx and I take no drugs, apart from pain killers for oesteoarthrits. Love this site and support it gives, thanks

I always describe mine this - like when you’ve had work done at the dentist with a local anaethestic - not the immediate aftermath but that feeling of kinda sponginess that you’re left with about 2 hours later!!

If you had contrast, then yes, the radiographer might be able to see if you were relapsing because contrast can show up “active” lesions. If you didn’t have contrast, then she was probably saying it because you were obviously struggling with symptoms :frowning:

Either way, if you need help, then please phone the neuro’s office again. Sometimes it takes a few calls before they believe that we really need someone to pay attention!

Karen x

Thanks, Karen

No Contrast given,so don’t know why she said phone neuro’s office on Monday and tell them that I had. had the scan?. Feeling it tonight. weak arms and sharp scratchy pains on left leg. Thanks for your advice.