I Have Become Uncomfortably Numb - Multiple Sclerosis Blog

I don?t know if it?s an inherent thing I have or if multiple sclerosis has given me a high tolerance for pain. Either way, I?m able to withstand a fair bit of it.

Just three days, for example, after a more extensive than normal total hip replacement surgery (and due to the fact that I couldn?t tolerate the pain meds they sent home with me) I stopped taking any pain meds. Mind you, I was in a boat-load of pain, but I still did my PT and all.

Today, after a twelve-plus year absence from the dentists? chair, I walked away with a couple of new fillings and a rather deep cleaning. Had I been smart about it, I would have had the cavities filled (thus been a bit numbed) before the cleaning? but still, the hygienist was very surprised by my ability to sit, without a flinch, for an hour and a half.

It was after the cleaning and even after the fillings that I became the most uncomfortable; uncomfortable for the lack of any sensation.

?Fat and Fuzzy? is how my dentist said she describes being numb to her juvenile patients. Fat & Fuzzy, indeed!

What was uncomfortable ? or at least, I guess, it was notable ? was how very much like parts of my body that are affected by MS feel like my whatever-cain deadened jaw, lip and tongue felt. How many times haven?t I simply written off that I?m not feeling my leg, foot, hand or whatever it might be at the time? It feels much like my mouth did today? and that made me a little sad.

I know the chemical and physiological length that must be spanned in order to make a specific tooth desensitized enough for dental work. That MS has somehow caused my own immune cells to be as effective as the hypodermic needle administering anesthetic by my dentist is a little overwhelming to think.

I live with MS pretty well (for someone with MS) most days, I think. Today, in the simple act of recovering from a little dental work, I have to note that I don?t live with it well every day. Today, I?m a little bit sad about it. Not feeling sorry for myself or anything like that. Maybe being a little bit run down by a busy schedule hasn?t helped matters much either.

But, when I have something good to share, I share it. When something gets into my craw, I say so. Today, I just had a sad moment and I wanted to share that as well. We all know how reading that someone else is feeling what we are going through is helpful. That?s my story to you for today.

Do you ever feel a short and fleeting sadness because of MS? What might have brought it on?

Don?t forget to get your interview questions in by the end of the month so I can begin working on those.

Wishing you and your family the best of health.

Cheers

Trevis

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