moonwatcher wrote:Thanks for describing that fulenn. In my time of the Swank discussion board, I read other people dealing with it. Hopefully it goes away altogether, or at least becomes less noticeable or bothersome or painful. I'll hold a good thought.
moonwatcher
Lhermitte's is just one of the many symptoms that have plagued me for the past several months, but the down the back sensation, not the arm (I thought). For a couple of weeks, I would feel it travel down my back and even feel it in my left hip and leg. But I have not had that happen for, I'm guessing, 3 months now. Not having the back and leg occurring is a good sign, to me at least, that the arm may go away, too. I do wonder if it might even be two different things going on. Just have to wait and see.
This journal is going to be hugely helpful to me in another year or two when I am feeling better and don't really remember how it was. I plan to come and look at it and remind myself of these things:1--it wasn't my imagination
2--I am not exaggerating the memory of my bad experience, it's right here to read
3--don't quit eating right because look what happens when you do
4--don't be thinking, because you are doing so well that it can't happen again. It did this time. I was doing well, got lazy, busy, and just fooled myself into thinking that it wasn't really that bad and this couldn't really be what is making the difference, so eat what you want.
I think that number 4 is the most important thing for me. It is so easy after many years to begin thinking that maybe there was a misdiagnosis, maybe what I am doing to stay symptom-free really isn't making a difference, maybe I would have been fine anyway. I did that and will not make that mistake again. I will be on this board, if Dr. McDougall sees fit to keep it up, for years to come.
Fulenn