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LiberalLoner

(9,761 posts)
Wed May 1, 2013, 01:44 PM May 2013

I just walked half a mile! My right leg is total jello right now but I did it!

After my relapse last month I wasn't able to walk more than a couple hundred feet without my leg giving out on me.

Boy as I'm sitting here typing this my leg is all pins and needles but it doesn't matter, I finally walked half a mile!

Sheesh when I think I used to run 10K races for fun....well, those days are over for me.

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I just walked half a mile! My right leg is total jello right now but I did it! (Original Post) LiberalLoner May 2013 OP
Congrats, my dear LiberalLoner! CaliforniaPeggy May 2013 #1
Thank you so much!!! How are you feeling? I hope you are well! LiberalLoner May 2013 #2
Ah, thank you! CaliforniaPeggy May 2013 #3
I am so glad to hear that! LiberalLoner May 2013 #4
Whats the diagnosis jambo101 May 2013 #5
MS. Had it for about 13 years best as my docs can figure. I have a feeling it's LiberalLoner May 2013 #6
PS LiberalLoner May 2013 #7
Congratulations LiberalLoner Jasana May 2013 #8
Do you have MS too? I'm sorry for your losses. LiberalLoner May 2013 #9

LiberalLoner

(9,761 posts)
6. MS. Had it for about 13 years best as my docs can figure. I have a feeling it's
Tue May 7, 2013, 09:14 AM
May 2013

Gone secondary progressive now but that can only be confirmed over the course of a year or two with MRIs, objective signs of deterioration without relapses causing it, etc.

Jasana

(490 posts)
8. Congratulations LiberalLoner
Sat May 11, 2013, 04:40 AM
May 2013

I will be happy when I can walk up and down stairs. A half mile is a way off for me. I know how you feel about the 10k races.

I used to be a dance instructor while in my twenties. When I first got sick I got so depressed I couldn't even listen to music for two years because it reminded me of so much I had lost. It was a very difficult time.

In any case, I'm glad you're moving forward.

LiberalLoner

(9,761 posts)
9. Do you have MS too? I'm sorry for your losses.
Sat May 11, 2013, 10:24 AM
May 2013

But look at you, you are still here fighting for a better world and making a difference and shining your light! Brava!

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