Doctor, It Hurts When I Do This: My Mystery MS Pain

May is flying by. We’re already into week 21 of the year, the days are long, and there’s even a bit of warmth in the sunlight. Better make sure we get our monthly “How’s your MS?” check-in posted. For all of the stuff going on in my life right now, I’m surprised at how relatively well I’m feeling. We launched the European version of Chef Interrupted, my memoir, to great press reviews, and it’s selling well. We’ve had house guests coming out our ears, and a new publishing project is in its final stages, with a release date set for September 29 (more to come on that). You’d think that my difficulties related to multiple sclerosis from this past year would be continuing, but I seem to have leveled off. On our Life With Multiple Sclerosis Self-Evaluation Scale (LWM3S), I’d say I’m down to about a 5, which is significantly better than last year. LWM3S is a simple 1-10 scale in which: 1 = The best my symptoms have felt since my diagnosis with MS 10 = The worst my symptoms have felt since my diagnosis with MS Mysterious New MS Symptom One new thing I have noticed is a very localized pain in my leg that doesn’t hurt unless I touch it. It’s like that old joke: “Doctor, it hurts when I do this.” “Well then, don’t do that.” But it does hurt to the touch. No bruising, no trauma (that I can remember), no injury at all. The spot is on my affected side, so I don’t really feel much on that leg. When I touch it, however, I feel intense pain on the ...
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